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  • Item type:Publication,
    “Levelling up” the gender pay gap for Asian women academics in medicine and health sciences Open PDF 
    (Pasifika Medical Association Group, 2025-06-27)
    Ng, Lillian
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    Sadera, Emma
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    Peiris-John, Roshini
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    Misra, Stuti
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    Chu, Joanna Ting-Wai
    The gender pay gap for academic women of Asian ethnicity at Aotearoa New Zealand's largest university is 33.5%. The aim of this viewpoint is to raise consciousness, educate and contribute to dialogue on concerns relating to Asian women advancing in academia, particularly in medicine and health sciences. We invite collective participation in efforts at departmental, faculty and institutional levels to better identify and dismantle discrimination and increase the representation of Asian women in academic medicine. We endorse concepts of accountability, transparency and strengthening institutional frameworks to "level up" intersectional pay gaps by recommending three actions: 1) ensuring accountability by mandatory training, monitoring and reporting on gender pay equity, diversity and conscious inclusion, 2) creating transparency in salary, pay rates, hiring, tenure and promotions, and 3) convening a task force at each faculty with specific mentorship and leadership initiatives for women of colour. We emphasise that "levelling up" requires a collective will to act. We ask our colleagues and the academy to scrutinise attitudes and biases towards ethnic minority women in hiring, tenure and promotion processes. We advocate for enacting policy so those who experience inequity can see change. When rendered, it will be a legacy to the next generation of ethnic minority women entering the academy, and potentially other marginalised groups as well.
  • Item type:Publication,
    Barriers to gender equity for female healthcare academicians and researchers in Pakistan: Is it still an issue? Open PDF 
    (2023)
    Malik, M
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    Hussain, A
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    Hashmi, A
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    Saeed, H
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    Azhar, H
    IntroductionGender inequity in healthcare academia is rising. Female healthcare professionals are struggling to balance their work and family leading to reduced productivity and disparity in three main areas of academic evaluation including teaching, service and research. ObjectiveThe objective of the current study was to explore perceptions of healthcare academicians regarding gender equity and its associated barriers in healthcare academia in Pakistan. MethodologyA qualitative study design was used. Study site for this research included medical colleges, pharmacy schools and healthcare educational institutes. Study respondents included healthcare professionals including doctors and pharmacists working as faculty members. Snow ball sampling was used and interviews were conducted till saturation point was achieved. All interviews recorded were transcribed verbatim. Transcribed interviews were then subject to thematic analysis and were analyzed for relevant content. ResultsThematic analysis of the study yielded many themes and sub themes. The main themes include: Gender equity an issue for healthcare academicians; Barriers toward promoting gender equity among healthcare academicians; Perceived teaching effectiveness among female healthcare academicians; Professional relationship of female healthcare academicians; Representation of female healthcare academicians at leadership positions; Research opportunities for female healthcare academicians; impact of academia as profession on married life and Strategies for improving gender equity disparities in academia of healthcare profession. The results showed that almost all the females as well as male healthcare academicians were of the view that female academicians are competent, hardworking and committed with their jobs. Mixed responses were observed regarding teaching effectiveness of female academicians. Half of the females as well male healthcare academicians thought that female were more effective teachers while other half was of the view that teaching effectiveness is based on individual trait irrespective of gender. ConclusionThe results of the present study concluded that majority of the male as well as female healthcare professionals perceived gender equity as an issue in academia in Pakistan, especially in underprivileged areas. Non-conducive work environment, harassment at workplace and cultural issues were the main barriers identified toward gender equity in healthcare academia in Pakistan.
  • Item type:Publication,
    From women in Taiwan’s history of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) to recent case studies of gender practice under the academic glass ceiling
    (2017)
    Lin, J.-G.
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    Tsai, L.-W.
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    Chen, Y.-C.
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    Ya-chen Chen
    The glass ceiling that women encountered in Taiwan’s traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has remained chiefly unchallenged, with only a few individual women’s exceptional success in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Even in the twenty-first century, most of Taiwan’s prominent TCM experts and scholars of Taiwanese history are ignorant of or resistant to the significant value of women in Taiwan’s TCM history as well as in women’s studies, gender studies, and sexology. © Springer International Publishing AG 2018.
  • Item type:Publication,
    The current status of gender equity in medicine in Korea: an online survey about perceived gender discrimination Open PDF 
    (2020)
    Shin, Hyun-Young
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    Lee, Hang Aie
    Abstract Background Although the number of women doctors has increased in South Korea, and efforts to improve gender awareness have gained importance in recent years, the issue of gender equity in the medical field has not been fully evaluated. The aim of this study was to determine the current status of gender equity in the medical profession in Korea. Methods An online survey on perceived gender discrimination was conducted for 2 months, with both men and women doctors participating. The results were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results A total of 1170 doctors responded to the survey (9.2% response rate). The survey found that 47.3% of the women respondents and 18.2% of the men had experienced gender discrimination in the resident selection process ( P < 0.05), 17.2% of the women and 8.7% of the men had experienced discrimination during the fellowship application process ( P < 0.05), and 36.2% of the women and 8.0% of the men had experienced discrimination during the professorship application process ( P < 0.05). Both men and women cited the issue of childbirth and parenting as the number one cause of gender discrimination against women doctors. Conclusions This study revealed the presence of perceived gender discrimination in the Korean medical society. To address discrimination, a basic approach is necessary to change the working environment so that it is flexible for women doctors, and to change the current culture where the burden of family care, including pregnancy, childbirth, and childcare, is the primary responsibility of women.