International Women's Day 2023

Under the theme "DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality", the United Nations Observance of International Women's Day 2023 will highlight the need for inclusive and transformative technology and digital education. Photo: UN Trust Fund/Phil

Celebrated annually on 8 March, International Women's Day is a global day to recognize the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The theme for this International Women’s Day 2023 (IWD 2023) is “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality." Elsevier is proud to support IWD 2023 through this thoughtfully curated, freely accessible collection of journal articles and book chapters highlighting the strides being made towards embracing equity and the barriers that stand in the way of achieving gender equality.  

 

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Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Volume 113, December 2022

In support of SDG 5 and 11, this Study discusses which transport infrastructure innovations are required to support gender-equitable cycling, especially in developing countries.
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Lancet Regional Health - Americas, Volume 16, December 2022

This Article supports SDGs 3, 5, 10 and 16 by assessing changes in stillbirth rates overall and for Black and White women, finding that there was a substantial racial disparity and suggesting that targeted health and social policies are needed to address this issue.
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eClinicalMedicine, Volume 53, November 2022

This Article supports SDG 3 and 5 by demonstrating the need to better understand the roles that male partners play in encouraging or discouraging care-seeking behaviours during pregnancy and the postpartum period.
Fig. 1. Outstanding women scientists across the globe who are making an impact in chemical engineering research and education.
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Chemical Engineering Research and Design, Volume 187, November 2022

This Editorial highlights 17 contributions from outstanding women researchers in chemical engineering supporting SDG 5 (Gender equality) as well as SDG 9 (Industry, innovation and infrastructure).
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Translational Oncology, Volume 25, November 2022

This Study supports SDGs 3, 5 and 10, investigating the impact of chemotherapy on the immune system of older women with breast cancer.
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eClinicalMedicine, Volume 52, October 2022

This Article supports SDG 3 and 5 by highlighting a need for greater involvement of in-country authors on research examining a wider range of gendered COVID-19 impacts, as well as increased representation of diverse topics and publications related to COVID-19 and women's well-being focused on lower income countries.
Fig. 2. The indicator- and domain-wise contributions to disempowerment in agency, by sex and FAARM intervention group.
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World Development, Volume 158, October 2022

This Study supports SDG 5 and 3 by examining the role of improved women's agency on the pathway from the intervention to nutritional impacts.
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The Lancet Public Health, Volume 7, September 2022

This Review supports SDGs 3 and 5, focusing on the gendered association between unpaid labour and mental health, particularly in relation to the fact that women do more hours of unpaid labour worldwide than men. The Review found that unpaid labour is associated with worse mental health in women than in men.
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eClinicalMedicine, Volume 51, September 2022

This Article supports SDG 5 by examining factors associated with implementation of organisational interventions for advancing women in health-care leadership.

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