“Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease [NAFLD] is an illness many of us have never heard of but it is much more common than cirrhosis and far more baffling.” These are the […]
Month: March 2021
Emma Vardy: Celebrating women’s achievements on #IWD2021
The theme for this year’s International Women’s Day is #choosetochallenge. After hearing recently of yet another NHS building to be named after an eminent male surgeon, I did on just […]
The hesitancy paradox of “data, not dates” and the government’s roadmap to unlocking
It’s a mistake for the government to be so opaque about the data they’ll use to guide our exit from lockdown, writes Andy Cowper […]
Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a covid-19 world
Gender inequality still underpins and weakens our social, economic, and health systems, says Roopa Dhatt […]
Ten steps to gender equity: The BMJ’s resolutions
The covid-19 pandemic has thrown into sharp relief the gender inequity that still exists for women in science, medicine, and academic publishing. When we previously wrote about the underrepresentation of […]
Do global health actors really understand why sex and gender matter to health?
This International Women’s Day, Global Health 50/50 launches a new report which, together with a year of tracking sex-disaggregated data on covid-19, has forced us to return to a basic […]
Claudia Paoloni: Trends towards less than full time working must be embraced to ensure a sustainable medical workforce
The findings of the long awaited Dacre review into the gender pay gap in medicine came as no surprise to me. Nor did confirmation that the gender pay gap in […]
Clare Wenham: Let’s recognise all women who have been caregivers during this last year
Let’s push governments to recognise the additional labour being undertaken, and to create meaningful gender mainstreamed policy change, says Clare Wenham […]
International Women’s Day: It’s not who we are, but what we bring that should make the difference
This International Women’s Day comes at a unique and stressful time for all healthcare workers. Many may be thinking of leaving the profession and those who remain will need strong […]
John Ashton: covid-19 and public accountability—lessons from history
In his recent hard hitting editorial, Kamran Abbasi, executive editor at The BMJ, raises a series of important questions about the failure of the covid-19 pandemic response, not least in […]