Panel event: Making Sex and Gender Dimensions Count in Health Research and Programmes
9 April 2019 | GENDRO, Gender Centre, GI and Global Health Centre,GI
On the occasion of World Health Day 2019, on 9 April 2019, GENDRO was officially launched during this event. The event was organized in collaboration with the Global Health Centre and the Gender Centre of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and the World Health Organization, and with the generous support of Geneva Think Tank Hub and Foraus.
Dr Shirin Heidari, GENDRO’s President together with Dr Veronica Magar from WHO, Gender, Equity and Rights Unit opened the session. Thereafter, Ms Anuradha Gupta, Deputy CEO of GAVI, Dr Carole Presern, Head of the Office of Board Affairs at The Global Fund, Dr Avni Amin, Department of Reproductive Health and Research, WHO and Ms Francelina Romao, Health Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Mozambique to the United Nations Office at Geneva joined the panel on “Generating evidence and translating to practice” moderated by Dr Claire Somerville, Executive Director, Gender Centre, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. The speakers presented their experiences and ongoing efforts, as well as their commitment to gender mainstreaming in health data and research as instrumental to addressing gender-related programmatic barriers.
At the closing, GENDRO’s president, Dr Shirin Heidari, announced the launch of GENDRO’s Gender, Evidence and Health Network, as a think tank dedicated to convene actors in Geneva and facilitate joint actions toward improving integration of sex and gender in health research and data analysis.
Learn more: https://genderchampions.com/events/making-sex-and-gender-dimensions-count-in-health-research-and-programmes
Panel event: The productivity puzzle – Is there a gender bias in academic publishing?
7 March 2019 | Organiser: International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
To commemorate International Women’s Day, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) hosted the IARC International Women’s Day Symposium 2019, dedicated to celebrating women’s contributions to science and supporting their role in the field.
During the symposium, nine leading female scientists shared insights into their experiences, reflecting on the evolution of their careers and the institutional as well as personal factors that have influenced them along the way. The symposium provided a platform to highlight the achievements and challenges faced by women in the scientific community, aiming to inspire and empower future generations of women scientists.
Watch presentations: https://www.iarc.who.int/featured-news/iarc-international-womens-day-symposium/
Webinar: Diversity in Peer Review
12 September 2018 | Organiser: Researcher Academy-Elsevier
GENDRO participated in a webinar organized by Elsevier on the importance of sex and gender dimensions in research and academic reporting across disciplines. GENDRO’s president provided highlights on the persistent gender bias in research and presented the Sex and Gender Equity in Research (SAGER) guidelines, the development of which was spearheaded by Dr. Heidari in her capacity as chair of the Gender Policy Committee of European Association of Science Editors.
Event recording: https://researcheracademy.elsevier.com/navigating-peer-review/fundamentals-peer-review/diversity-peer-review
Seminar: Sex, Bias and Data
2018 | Organiser: The Global Fund
GENDRO’s president, Dr. Heidari, described the harmful implications of gender bias in global health data and research, and offered a path to change the paradigm towards programs relevant for everyone.