Sandset Else Charlotte, de Sousa Diana Aguiar, Christensen Hanne, Cordonnier Charlotte, Fischer Urs, Katan Mira, Kremer Christine, Pavlovic Aleksandra, Sprigg Nikola, Bart van der Worp H, Zedde Marialuisa, Caso Valeria
Department of Neurology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
Department of Neurosciences (Neurology), Hospital de Santa Maria, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.
Eur Stroke J. 2019 Sep;4(3):247-253. doi: 10.1177/2396987319841979. Epub 2019 Apr 9.
An increasing proportion of physicians are women, yet they still face challenges with career advancement. In 2014, the European Stroke Organisation established the goal of increasing the number and participation of women within the society using a and approach. The 'Women's Initiative for Stroke in Europe' was created the same year by a group of women active within the organisation. We aimed to assess the current status of women in European Stroke Organisation, and to explore the change in sex differences after the introduction of focused approaches to address disparities in 2014.
Using organisational records, we collected data on sex differences in core activities from 2008 up to 2017 including membership, participation in conferences, courses and in the official journal of the society, and positions of seniority and leadership. We estimated sex distribution differences in each of the activities from 2014 to date.
In 2017, the proportion of female members was 40%, while 24% of fellows, 22% of the executive board and 19% of the editorial board in the official journal of the society were women. From 2014 to 2017, there was a significant increase in the proportion of female members (p = 0.0002) and in women participating in the annual conference as faculty (p = 0.001). There was no significant change in the sex distribution among the faculty members in junior educational activities (≤27%) or fellows.
In 2017, the proportion of women holding positions of seniority and leadership is still significantly lower to the proportion of women attending educational activities. Transparent data on sex distribution will assist implementing tailored programmes to achieve progress against sex-based barriers.
女性医生的比例日益增加，但她们在职业发展方面仍面临挑战。2014年，欧洲卒中组织制定了目标，采用一种[此处原文缺失具体方法]的方法来增加该协会中女性的数量和参与度。同年，该组织中一群活跃的女性创建了“欧洲卒中女性倡议”。我们旨在评估欧洲卒中组织中女性的现状，并探讨在2014年引入针对性方法以解决差异后性别差异的变化。
利用组织记录，我们收集了2008年至2017年核心活动中性别差异的数据，包括会员资格、参加会议、课程以及该协会官方期刊的情况，还有资历和领导职位。我们估计了2014年至今各项活动中的性别分布差异。
2017年，女性会员比例为40%，而该协会官方期刊中研究员的24%、执行委员会的22%以及编辑委员会的19%为女性。从2014年到2017年，女性会员比例（p = 0.0002）以及作为教员参加年会的女性比例（p = 0.001）有显著增加。初级教育活动（≤27%）或研究员中教员的性别分布没有显著变化。
2017年，担任资历和领导职位的女性比例仍显著低于参加教育活动的女性比例。透明的性别分布数据将有助于实施量身定制的方案，以消除基于性别的障碍并取得进展。
