This article highlights the efforts and successes of the Chemistry Women Mentorship Network (ChemWMN) in the US, a structured mentorship network open to all woman-identifying individuals in chemistry interested in advancing in the academic landscape.
In this round up of 2024, we share the Special Collections published on the SDG Resource Centre throughout the year, featuring more than 800 research articles and book chapters made freely available to advance knowledge and accelerate the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
These data help in understanding towards gender-responsive strategies which is available from those who are alive.
"Celebrating Women in Process Intensification.
This special issue highlights and celebrates the diversity of career pathways of women in process intensification. This 1-page graphical abstract gives you an overview of key research highlights."
The article emphasizes the essential role of women in disaster risk reduction (DRR) and highlights existing gender disparities in current strategies, advocating for inclusive policies that harness women's knowledge and leadership. By analyzing Oman's experiences with natural disasters and COVID-19, the study demonstrates that integrating gender perspectives in DRR leads to more effective outcomes and strengthens community resilience, supporting the goals of Sustainable Development Goal 5 (Gender Equality).
64% of women exposed to partner violence during pregnancy had been asked about it in healthcare settings, 51% disclosed their experiences, primarily to midwives - highlighting the important of screening/asking
In the context of increasing sex differences in psychiatric disorders over time, it is urgent to reduce the sex differences in psychiatric disorders. The findings that sex differences in psychiatric disorders exist almost across the whole life emphasized the adoption of gendered mental health prevention strategies and consistent risk factor management over the lifecourse. The variation of such differences across age and socioeconomic status suggests that the current knowledge - females predominate in internalizing disorders and males predominate in externalizing disorders - can be improved by incorporating information on age and socioeconomic status.
The status of gender equity at universities is often evaluated via statistical data such as the proportions of women faculty members and students. However, given that women are still a minority in decision-making positions while gender parity has been achieved in most countries for students, simply increasing the proportion of women alone is not enough to ensure a truly gender-neutral (gender bias-free) academic climate on campuses, i.e., continuous efforts are required to create an environment that promotes the active participation of women.
Endometriosis may also affect women of post-reproductive age.
