Who We Are
HW4P was co-founded by a group of doctors in October 2023, in the UK, to combat the censorship they experienced, when standing up for the rights of Palestinian health workers and the rights of Palestinians to healthcare. This grassroots movement mobilised within a couple of months to now be established across 70 cities, globally and is the largest health worker founded and Palestine focused advocacy group in the UK.
The thousands of volunteers we now have globally, have truly become the beating heart of our unique voice and movement, advocating for an end to the ongoing genocide and a free Palestine.
Our Mission
HW4P believes that health workers globally have an important and unique voice in advocating for justice. We apply a rights based approach to our work, which includes advocacy and impact projects, striving for bringing an end to the illegal apartheid regime. We believe in collective action and impact, operating as a backbone organization, to bring together like minded actors for change, applying a systems based approach to our advocacy and impact projects.
We strongly believe that protecting the sovereignty of the Palestinian health care system is integral to liberating Palestine and that decolonisation is needed across several sectors to advocate and achieve this.
Our Partner Agencies & NGOs
Global HW4P Chapters
We’re all over the world, and our team are actively holding regular events and vigils to show solidarity with Gaza.
Strategic Advisors
HW4P believes in collective impact and therefore strives to seek advice, guidance and expertise from various local and international actors. Below are some of our key strategic advisers.
Dr Swee Ang
Founder of MAP
Dr Ghassan Abu Sitta
Reconstructive surgeon, blast injury specialist, Rector of Glasgow
University and head of Conflict Medicine at the American University of Beirut.
Prof. Nick Maynard
Leading Upper GI surgeon based in Oxford who has led several missions in Gaza, and worked for years to strengthen the healthcare system in Palestine, including surgeon education programs.
Leanne Mohammaed
British Palestinian activist, political leader, human rights campaigner and community organiser.