by Gendro | Apr 25, 2024 | Events
Hosted by The Eastern Mediterranean NCD Alliance , this convening aims to spotlight women’s cancers, leverage collective efforts to steer discussions towards actionable outcomes, and advocate for gender-sensitive approaches in closing the gap between policy development and implementation in the EMR.
Drawing upon the IHE-IAPO Breast Cancer Report and the Lancet Commission on Women, Power, and Cancer, (presentation by GENDRO) this gathering also aims to galvanize the EMR political commitment and cooperation in ensuring women’s cancer remains a central focus on the agenda of the upcoming UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs in 2025.
by Gendro | Mar 26, 2024 | Events
26 March 2024 | Organizer : Women@Apple Nordic
Gendro’s Director joins Women@ Apple Nordic to discuss gender biases in medical research that should concern us all and share how she set out to influence change.
Women@Apple is one of Apple’s Diversity Network Associations (DNAs). For more than 35 years, Apple employees have found community and connection in Apple’s DNAs. These employee‑led groups foster a culture of belonging through education, leadership development, networking, and volunteering — while also encouraging the kind of open dialogue that leads to stronger allyship across Apple. Women@Apple aim to build a powerful community for women and allies those uplifts, attracts, and develops.
by Gendro | Mar 19, 2024 | Events
Dr Shirin Heidari joined Members of the International Development Research Centre’s (IDRC) Global Health (GH) team in a Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI) Week to present on the transformative potential and challenges of adopting a gender-inclusive and feminist approach in research. Drawing on her experiences and insights from recent and ongoing multi-country research on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) in forced displacement, involving participants across the gender and sexuality spectrum, Dr Heidari’s presentation introduced the rationale for embracing an interectional gender lens in research design and implementation, emphasizing the intrinsic value of inclusive and participatory methodologies, advocating for the adoption of a feminist intersectional lens in research design and process.
by Gendro | Mar 11, 2024 | Events
Gendro’s Founder and Director joins a fireside chat about gender equity and data with Dr Michelle Kaufman, Director of Gender Equity Unit at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
During the webinar, Shirin Heidari shared the tremendous progress that has been made to recognize the importance of gender and sex in health research and improved awareness of gender gaps and biases.
Event recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYqmd48G57w&ab_channel=GenderEquityUnit
by admin | Nov 30, 2023 | Events
This special session was organized by the NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health, Sex and Gender in Health and Disease (SGHD) Scientific Interest Group (SIG). The primary focus of the webinar was to delve into the impacts of sex (as a biological variable) and gender (as a social construct) on health and disease throughout the lifespan. The webinar facilitated a conversation to look back at the progress made, and new ongoing efforts and have a forward-looking conversation on how to accelerate progress. following the insightful presentation by Drs. Natasha A. Karp (Biostatistics Director at AstraZeneca) and Barbara Stranger (Professor at the University of Chicago), and Shirin Heidari (President of GENDRO), provided an overview of the development of the SAGER guidelines and its success to date and its potential to driving systemic changes in the research ecosystem.
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Watch the webinar recording here.
by admin | Nov 29, 2023 | Events
Through a partnership with the Boston University Overseas Public Health Programme in Geneva, Switzerland, GENDRO offers regular lectures aimed at the importance of understanding and incorporating sex and gender aspects and their intersection with other determinants of health, equipping future public Health professionals with the necessary tools for a more gender responsive and inclusive public health approach.
