Gender equality in science, medicine, and global health: where are we at and why does it matter?
Geordan Shannon,Melanie Jansen,Kate Williams,Carlos F. Caceres,Angélica Motta,Aloyce Odhiambo,Alie Eleveld,Jenevieve Mannell +7 more
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This Review presents a high-level synthesis of global gender data, summarise progress towards gender equality in science, medicine, and global health, review the evidence for why gender Equality in these fields matters in terms of health and social outcomes, and reflect on strategies to promote change.About:
This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2019-02-09 and is currently open access. It has received 265 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Global health.read more
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Sex and gender: modifiers of health, disease, and medicine.
Franck Mauvais-Jarvis,Noel Bairey Merz,Peter J. Barnes,Roberta Diaz Brinton,Juan Jesus Carrero,Dawn L. DeMeo,Geert J. De Vries,C. Neill Epperson,Ramaswamy Govindan,Sabra L. Klein,Amedeo Lonardo,Pauline M. Maki,Louise D. McCullough,Vera Regitz-Zagrosek,Vera Regitz-Zagrosek,Judith G. Regensteiner,Joshua B. Rubin,Kathryn Sandberg,Ayako Suzuki,Ayako Suzuki +19 more
TL;DR: Clinicians and researchers are guided to consider sex and gender in their approach to diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases as a necessary and fundamental step towards precision medicine, which will benefit men's and women's health.
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Women's Representation in Leadership Positions in Academic Medical Oncology, Radiation Oncology, and Surgical Oncology Programs.
Mudit Chowdhary,Akansha Chowdhary,Trevor J. Royce,Kirtesh R. Patel,Arpit M. Chhabra,Shikha Jain,Miriam A. Knoll,Neha Vapiwala,Barbara Pro,Gaurav Marwaha +9 more
TL;DR: It is found that women constitute 35.9% of total faculty, a disparity that is further magnified at the leadership level, which suggests that gender diversity in academic oncology is a significant issue.
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Symptoms of a broken system: the gender gaps in COVID-19 decision-making
Kim Robin van Daalen,Csongor Bajnoczki,Maisoon Chowdhury,Sara Dada,Parnian Khorsand,Anna Socha,Arush Lal,Laura Jung,Lujain Alqodmani,Irene Torres,Samiratou Ouédraogo,Amina Jama Mahmud,Roopa Dhatt,Alexandra Phelan,Dheepa Rajan +14 more
TL;DR: By providing quantitative data, this work critically assesses the gender gap in task management in COVID-19 and suggests that the current level of female representation in decision-making bodies is low and unsustainable.
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Closing the gender pay gap in Canadian medicine.
Michelle Cohen,Tara Kiran +1 more
TL;DR: The gender pay gap has remained a core challenge in employment equity despite decades of activist effort and the substantial movement of women into the workplace.
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Advancing women in healthcare leadership: A systematic review and meta-synthesis of multi-sector evidence on organisational interventions
Mariam Mousa,Jacqueline Boyle,Jacqueline Boyle,Helen Skouteris,Alexandra K Mullins,Graeme Currie,Graeme Currie,Kathleen Riach,Kathleen Riach,Helena J. Teede,Helena J. Teede +10 more
TL;DR: A systematic review was performed across Medline via OVID; Medline in-process and other non-indexed citations via Medline; PsycINFO and SCOPUS from January 2000 to March 2021 as mentioned in this paper.
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