The European Urology Commitment to Gender Equity and Diversity: Expanding Cognitive Diversity through Inclusivity at the Podium

Psutka, Sarah P.; Morgan, Todd M.; Albersen, Maarten; Cornu, Jean‐Nicolas; Novara, Giacomo; Plimack, Elizabeth R.; Ost, Piet; Catto, James W.F.

doi:10.1016/j.eururo.2021.07.002

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“…Furthermore, this study addressed only one of the factors potentially involved in discrimination, which is gender. Other possible sources of discrimination exist including identity, sexual orientation, cultural practices, ethnicity and race [ 9 , 19 ]. Traditional under-represented groups are confronted with less career opportunities which includes particularly women, but also individuals living in low-middle income countries and racialized persons [ 20 ].…”

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“…However, the International Continence Society has been identified to represent a more balanced gender representation [ 8 ]. This might be contributed by the higher proportion of women specializing in incontinence and female urology and by multidisciplinary nature of this meeting, including representation from nursing and allied healthcare professionals [ 9 ]. However, there is no specific evidence addressing whether female representation is higher in functional urology and female urology.…”

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Gender representation at scientific congresses: focus on functional and female urology—a study from the EAU Young Academic Urologist Functional Urology Group

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Purpose Female representation at scientific conferences is crucial for encouraging women pursuing an academic career. Nevertheless, gender inequity at urological conferences is common place and women are often stereotyped choosing functional urology. However, there is no evidence whether female representation is higher in functional urology. This investigations aims to analyze gender representation at functional urology sessions. Methods National and international urological congresses between 2019 and 2021 with a focus on functional urology and female urology sessions were evaluated. Congresses were categorized as national or international. Session type, topic, gender of chairs and speakers of the identified sessions were recorded. In addition, affiliation and medical specialty were collected for chairs. Results A total of 29 congresses were evaluated. Out of a total of 2893 chairs and speakers, 1034 (35.7%) were women and 1839 (63.6%) were men. This represents an overall gender gap of 27.9% for functional urology sessions. No significant differences in gender representation between national and international congresses could be identified (p = 0.076). When considering gender distribution of chairs, the gap was more pronounced by 35.5%. Furthermore, men were more likely to be invited to be a speaker in plenary and podiums sessions. Conclusions Gender inequality is present in functional urology sessions. There is a need for greater efforts to achieve gender equality. An important step to remedy the situation is the inclusion of women in scientific program committees. Furthermore, support by the leadership of urological societies and academic departments is essential to herald a lasting change in gender inequality.

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“…Third, such a prominent context increases opportunities for women to progress in the field and help each other through woman-to-woman mentorships. This results in women occupying more leadership positions and presenting higher rates of job satisfaction [8,45].…”

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Is authorship by women in Brazilian academic surgery increasing? A five-year retrospective analysis

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Buda²,

Moura³

et al. 2022

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Women remain underrepresented in 80% of Brazilian surgical specialties, however, women representation within the Brazilian academic surgical literature remains unknown. This study aims to evaluate the gender distribution of first and last authors in Brazilian surgical journals. All publications between 2015 and 2019 from the five Brazilian surgical journals with the highest impact factor were reviewed. The first and last authors’ names were extracted from each article and a predictive algorithm was used to classify the gender of each author. Authors were further classified by surgical field and geographic region to investigate patterns of female authorship among journals, specialties, and region over the study period. Multivariable logistic regression was then used to identify factors independently associated with female authorship. 1844 articles were analyzed; 23% (426/1844) articles had female first authors, and 20% (348/1748) had female last authors. Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira was observed to have the highest rates for both first and last female authors (37%, 138/371; 26%, 95/370)) and Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia (9%, 48/542; 10%, 54/522) had the lowest rates. Papers with a woman senior author were twice as likely to have a woman first author (OR 1.98, 95% CI 1.51–2.58, p≤0.01). Women’s representation in medicine is increasing in Brazil, yet women remain underrepresented as the first and last authors in the Brazilian surgical literature. Our results highlight the importance of senior women mentorship in academic surgery and demonstrate that promoting female surgeon senior authorship through academic and financial support will positively impact the number of female first authors.

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Uncovering gaps in women's authorship: A big data analysis in academic surgery

Freire,

Campos,

Rangel

et al. 2024

World j. surg.

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IntroductionWomen are underrepresented in surgical authorship. Using big data analyses, we aimed to investigate women's representation as first and last authors in surgical publications worldwide and identify underlying predictors.MethodsWe retrieved eligible surgical journals using Scimago Journal & Country Rank 2021. We queried articles indexed in PubMed from selected journals published between January 2018 and April 2022. We used the EDirect tool to extract bibliometric data, including first and last authors' names, primary affiliation country, and publication year. Countries and dependent territories were classified following World Bank income levels and regions. Women's representation was predicted from forenames using the Gender‐API software. Citations were included if gender accuracy was ≥80%.ResultsWe analyzed 210,853 citations containing both first and last authors' forenames, representing 158 countries and 14 territories. Women constituted 23.8% (50,161/210,853) of the first and 14.7% (31,069/210,853) of the last authors. High‐income economies had more women as first authors than other income categories (p < 0.001), but fewer women as last authors than upper‐middle‐ and lower‐middle‐income economies (p < 0.001). The odds of the first author being a woman were more than three times higher when the last author was also a woman (OR 3.21, 95% CI 3.13–3.30) and vice versa (OR 3.25, 95% CI 3.16–3.34) after adjusting for income level and publication year.ConclusionsWomen remain globally underrepresented in surgical authorship. Our findings urge concerted global efforts to overcome identified disparities.

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The European Urology Commitment to Gender Equity and Diversity: Expanding Cognitive Diversity through Inclusivity at the Podium

Cited by 14 publications

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Gender representation at scientific congresses: focus on functional and female urology—a study from the EAU Young Academic Urologist Functional Urology Group

Gender representation at scientific congresses: focus on functional and female urology—a study from the EAU Young Academic Urologist Functional Urology Group

Is authorship by women in Brazilian academic surgery increasing? A five-year retrospective analysis

Uncovering gaps in women's authorship: A big data analysis in academic surgery

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