International Women's Day Special Issue

In recognition of International Women’s Day (IWD), Elsevier, a global leader in information analytics specializing in science and health, has launched a free access special issue of curated content focused on women and gender issues in health and sciences.

Consisting of journal articles and book chapters supporting the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), this free resource is intended to further new research and to raise awareness around this year’s theme for International Women’s Day: #ChoosetoChallenge, as well as the UN’s focus for IWD this year: Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world.

Nursing pay by gender distribution in the UK - does the Glass Escalator still exist?

Elsevier, International Journal of Nursing Studies, Volume 93, May 2019
Aims and objectives/background: Nursing is a predominantly female profession. This is reflected in the demographic of nursing around the world. Some authors have noted that despite being a gendered profession men are still advantaged in terms of pay and opportunity. The aim of this study was to examine if the so called glass escalator in which men are advantaged in female professionals still exists.
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SDG:

Goal 5: Gender equality; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

Tags:

Diversity and inclusion; Access to justice; Gender equality and women's empowerment

From Alexa to Siri and the GDPR: The gendering of Virtual Personal Assistants and the role of Data Protection Impact Assessments

Elsevier, Computer Law and Security Review, Volume 36, April 2020
With female names, voices and characters, artificially intelligent Virtual Personal Assistants such as Alexa, Cortana, and Siri appear to be decisively gendered female. Through an exploration of the various facets of gendering at play in the design of Siri, Alexa and Cortana, we argue that this gendering of VPAs as female may pose a societal harm, insofar as they reproduce normative assumptions about the role of women as submissive and secondary to men. In response, this article turns to examine the potential role and scope of data protection law as one possible solution to this problem.
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SDG:

Goal 5: Gender equality; Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production

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Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture; Gender equality and women's empowerment; Technology, Global

Gender Diversity in Radiation Oncology Board Certification

Elsevier, International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, Volume 106, 15 March 2020
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SDG:

Goal 5: Gender equality; Goal 3: Good health and well-being

Tags:

Gender equality and women's empowerment; Science; Health and wellbeing, Global

Increasing women's contribution on board decision making: The importance of chairperson leadership efficacy and board openness

Elsevier, European Management Journal, Volume 36, February 2018
In the last decade, the number of women on corporate boards has increased slightly, but the prevailing minority status of women directors implies that they will continue to face social barriers. While prior research has largely focused on explaining social barriers (e.g., being categorized as an out-group member) to increase diversity and its negative consequences, how boards can avoid these obstacles remains unclear.
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SDG:

Goal 5: Gender equality; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

Tags:

Diversity and inclusion; Gender equality and women's empowerment, Europe

How Sex and Gender Impact Clinical Practice - Chapter 1 - Application of Sex and Gender Health

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Jenkins et Al. Application of sex and gender health: A practical framework. In: Jenkins et al, How Sex and Gender Impact Clinical Practice, Academic Press, 2021, Pages 3-8.

This book chapter advances SDGs 3 and 5 by explaining that the use of a sex- and gender-based framework in the clinical practice of medicine will improve the care of both women and men, and likely have a positive impact on health outcomes.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 5: Gender equality

Tags:

Health and wellbeing; Gender equality and women's empowerment, Global

Three Facets of Public Health and Paths to Improvements - Chapter 10 - A woman's (unpaid) work: Global perspectives on gender, healthcare, and caregiving

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Three Facets of Public Health and Paths to Improvements: Behavior, Culture, and Environment, 2020, Pages 261-294

This book chapter advances SDG 5, 8 and 10 by explaining how the outsized role of women caregivers is attributed to historical, cultural, and social perspectives on gender and caregiving that perpetuate the gender inequalities in unpaid care work. In this chapter, the authors analyze women in unpaid work considering two regions: The United States and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). 
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SDG:

Goal 5: Gender equality; Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

Tags:

Diversity and inclusion; Employment decent work for all and social protection; Gender equality and women's empowerment, Global

Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine, Third Edition - Chapter 30 - Gender-Based Differences in Mortality in Indian Children Aged 5 to 14 years

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Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine (Third Edition), Academic Press, 2017, Pages 435-441.

This chapter advances SDG 3 and 5 by exploring some of the factors associated with high mortality rates in Indian girls including in the 5 to 14 age group.
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SDG:

Goal 5: Gender equality; Goal 3: Good health and well-being

Tags:

Gender equality and women's empowerment; Health and wellbeing; Poverty eradication, Asia

Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine, Third Edition, Chapter 14 - Emotion and Gender-Specific Neural Processing in Men and Women

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Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine (Third Edition), Academic Press, 2017, Pages 183-201.

This book chapter advances SDG 5 and 10 by showing that gender differences in emotion experience and expression represent some of the most robust gender stereotypes worldwide.
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SDG:

Goal 5: Gender equality; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

Tags:

Gender equality and women's empowerment; Employment decent work for all and social protection, Global

Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine, Third Edition, Chapter 15 - Behind the Mask: The Experience of Assessment, Diagnosis, and Living with Autism for Girls and Young Women

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Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine (Third Edition), Academic Press, 2017, Pages 203-217.

This book chapter advances SDG 3 and 5 by describing how autism research and diagnostic practices have been challenged in terms of androcentric assumptions and biased assessment practices, suggesting that methods are insensitive to gender differences on the spectrum. It is now recognized that girls on the autism spectrum may present differently from boys and hence their identification and subsequent needs may go unrecognized.
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SDG:

Goal 5: Gender equality; Goal 3: Good health and well-being

Tags:

Gender equality and women's empowerment; Health and wellbeing, Global

Sex differences in Cardiac Diseases, Chapter 23 - CardioRheumatology

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Sex Differences in Cardiac Diseases, Elsevier, 2021, Pages 481-503

This book chapter advances SDG 3 and 5 by explaining how women have an increased risk of certain chronic autoimmune inflammatory disorders (CIDs). All aspects of the heart’s structure and function may be affected by the autoimmune disease.
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SDG:

Goal 5: Gender equality; Goal 3: Good health and well-being

Tags:

Science; Gender equality and women's empowerment, Global

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