Over one in four women (or 27 per cent) experience intimate partner violence before the age of 50, according to a worldwide analysis led by researchers from McGill University and the World Health Organization. The largest of its kind, the analysis covers 366 studies involving more than 2 million women in 161 countries.

Classified as: domestic violence, intimate partner violence, global, international, national, regional, women, girls, Mathieu Maheu-Giroux
Published on: 24 Mar 2022

"Necessity is the father of invention," but where is its mother? According to a new study published in Science, fewer women hold biomedical patents, leading to a reduced number of patented technologies designed to address problems affecting women.

Classified as: women, science, patents, biomedical, technology, gender inequality, gender gap, John-Paul Ferguson
Published on: 6 Jul 2021

Women today represent two-thirds of all Canadian doctorates in archaeology, but only one-third of Canadian tenure-stream faculty. While men with Canadian PhDs have done well in securing tenure-track jobs in Canada over the past 15 years, women have not, according to a new study from McGill University. The current COVID-19 pandemic is likely to exacerbate these existing inequalities.

Classified as: gender gap, academia, Archaeology, doctorates, PhDs, women, Canada, canadian, hiring, Lisa Overholtzer
Published on: 11 Feb 2021

By giving women access to information they otherwise wouldn’t have, mobile phones are transforming lives. Putting smart phones in women’s hands could be a powerful tool to support sustainable development goals in the developing world, according to researchers from McGill University, University of Oxford and Bocconi University.

Classified as: Mobile phones, gender inequality, women, empowerment, developing world, sustainable development goals, sub-Saharan Africa, Luca Pesando, Department of Sociology
Published on: 25 Jun 2020

The Institite for the Study of International Development and the McGill Southeast Asia Research Program (SEARP) are glad to announce that Myanmar based gender expert, May Sabe Phyu, has recently won an N-Peace Award from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). We were lucky to interview May when she visited the International Development Research Center (IDRC) headquarters in Ottawa in May 2019 to give a talk on female political participation in Myanmar.

Classified as: southeast asia, Myanmar, women, democratic development, political participation
Published on: 11 Mar 2020

ISID Professor of Practice, Dr Eliane Ubalijoro, is profiled in Forbes magazine.

Read the full article online:  https://www.forbes.com/sites/christinero/2019/03/07/5-lessons-for-a-non-...

Classified as: Eliane Ubalijoro, ISID, women, Rwanda, Leadership
Published on: 8 Mar 2019

To date, there are disproportionately fewer women than men in leadership positions in the McGill Department of Pediatrics especially in the roles of Division Directors, Associate Chairs, Vice-Chair, Department Chair, Head of the Montreal Children's Hospital Child Health Research and designation of "professor". Therefore, the Chair of the Department of Pediatrics has mandated a Task Force to develop realistic action plans that can be implemented to engage more of the Department of Pediatrics female faculty to take on leadership roles.

Classified as: women, Leadership, pediatrics
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Published on: 18 May 2017

Each year, the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at McGill organize a symposium to review new studies and practices in order to help practicing gynecologists, family physicians, residents, fellows and allied health professionals with interest in Women’s Health. (Website)

Classified as: women, Eduardo Franco, health, symposium, zika, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, cleve ziegler, togas tulandi, pierre lebel
Published on: 13 Sep 2016

You may have noticed that women are more prone to sleep disturbances than men. They are, for instance, up to twice as likely to suffer from insomnia than men. Could there be a link between the body clock that regulates sleep and being a female or a male? Yes, according to an original study conducted by Dr. Diane B. Boivin of McGill University’s Department of Psychiatry and the Douglas Mental Health University Institute.

Classified as: women, sleep, health and lifestyle, insomnia, body clock
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Published on: 12 Sep 2016

Never underestimate the power of a woman. Now multiply that by 25 and you have the Citrus County Chamber of Commerce Business Women’s Alliance. Founded in 2006, the Business Women’s Alliance is a committee of the Citrus County Chamber of Commerce. Its mission is to empower and develop women through education, networking, mentoring and partnerships while promoting opportunities for all women throughout Citrus County.

Classified as: women, BCom, BCom Alumni, Business Women’s Alliance, Dorothy Pernu, ocala publications
Published on: 9 Sep 2014

The McGill Division of Cancer Epidemiology has recently launched the CATCH study to test the effectiveness of a Carrageenan-based gel in preventing the tranmission of HPV. Carrageenan is derived from red algae, and commonly used as a thickening agent in food products. It could represent an inexpensive method of prevention against the virus, whereas the vaccine and screening procedures are considerably more expensive.

Classified as: women, health, Cancer, HPV, CATCH, lubricant, safe, sex, studies, study, Carrageenan, epidemiology, woman, STI
Published on: 25 Mar 2013
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