Inadequate reporting of COVID-19 clinical studies: a renewed rationale for the Sex and Gender Equity in Research (SAGER) guidelines

by admin | Mar 27, 2021 | Publications

Alice Palmer-Ross, Pavel V Ovseiko, Shirin Heidari BMJ Global Health – March 27, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the fore the implications of sex and gender differences to human health and well-being. Evidence to date indicates that men are at higher risk of...

Research in forced displacement: guidance for a feminist and decolonial approach

by admin | Feb 13, 2021 | Publications

Neha S Singh, Michelle Lokot, Chi-Chi Undie, Monica A Onyango, Rosemary Morgan, Anne Harmer, Jane Freedman, Shirin Heidari The Lancet – February 13, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic has deepened inequities and undermined health, human rights, and gender equality for...

VIEWPOINT An Invitation to a Feminist Approach to Global Health Data

by admin | Dec 8, 2020 | Publications

Shirin Heidari, Heather Doyle Health and Human rights Journal – December 08, 2020 The notable gendered socioeconomic, health, and human rights implications of COVID-19 have sparked a renewed conversation on gender data gaps and the risks of gender-blind responses that...

Towards the real-time inclusion of sex- and age-disaggregated data in pandemic responses

by admin | Aug 31, 2020 | Publications

Shirin Heidari, Claudia Ahumada, Ziyoda Kurbanova, GENDRO Gender, Evidence and Health Network BMJ Global Health – August 31, 2020 Early data provide evidence that sex and gender are important factors that intersect with each other and with other social determinants to...

Sex and gender analysis for better science and health equity

by admin | Oct 27, 2018 | Publications

Shirin Heidari and Vivienne C Bachelet The Lancet – October 27, 2018 Despite growing recognition of the imperative to address gender disparities and inequity in health, researchers, funders, and editors do not treat the gendered aspects of health research and...