2015 the Lancet Commission Women and Health stated the important role of women in
health care [
[1]
]. Following that the UN launched it's ‘Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and
Adolescent's health, 2016–2030’ program which delivers $25 billion in the next five years for their wellbeing [
[2]
]. Even if 70% of Medical Students are women, women's health is often a neglected subject
in medical education. Predictively female dominant profession in the future has to
react to the fact that currently women are underrepresented in learning about their
health but also in their professional careers [
[3]
]. The initiatives and studies mentioned beforehand encouraged us to look closer into
the issue, its reasoning and report our findings. It was reported that roughly 30%
in High Income Countries (HIC) and 57% in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC) of
students are educated in topics relating women's and children's health in LMIC [
[4]
]. The Lancet Commission on Women and Health statement that the undervaluing of women's
contribution creates a glass-ceiling which stops women from achieving leadership positions
[
[1]
]. In an informal survey we randomly selected medical students from across Europe if
they think that female physicians are undervalued in European society – in terms of
“Who is the better physician?”Keywords
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References
- Women and health. The key for sustainable development.Lancet. 2015; 386: 1165-1210https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60497-4
- UN secretary-general announces $25 billion in initial commitments to end preventable deaths of women, children and adolescents by 2030.2015
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Publication history
Published online: February 26, 2017
Accepted:
February 21,
2017
Received:
February 19,
2017
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