Re-defining #WomensHealth:

Old vs. New paradigm ⤵️

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'When you want young people to do science for free... you end up with a group of "rich kids" who do it'

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#WomenInSTEM spend more time doing tasks that take more time (ie drafting manuscripts, doing experiments) compared to male counterparts.

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Men self-cite more than #WomenInSTEM 👀

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Percentage of women authors (Web of Science data):

Countries in Orange have gender parity 👀

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What can publishers do to champion EDI?

Elsevier:
➡️ What you measure you can change
➡️ Looking at implementing a "refreshed" evaluation framework
➡️ Women representation in STEM fields still lagging

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Canada needs to do better when it comes to collecting socio-demographic data.

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At one point, Canada Research Chairs were all male.

Meaningful change requires accountability, transparency, and enforcement.

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White women are overrepresented in breast cancer trials

Some literature: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...