Balasubramanian Sneha Chitra, Palanisamy Dhivya, Bakhti Souad, El Abbadi Najia, Collange Nelci Zanon, Karekezi Claire, Liew Boon Seng, Kato Yoko
Department of Neurosurgery, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Department of Neurosurgery, Apollo KH Hospital, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Asian J Neurosurg. 2020 Oct 19;15(4):828-832. doi: 10.4103/ajns.AJNS_108_20. eCollection 2020 Oct-Dec.
Women in Neurosurgery (WIN) have come a long way and are making inroads in every neurosurgical subspecialty. There has been a worldwide increase in the number of female neurosurgeons both in the training and practice. Although this is a welcome trend, gender equality at work in terms of opportunities, promotions, and pay scales are yet to be attained. This is more apparent in the developing and underdeveloped nations. Barriers for a female neurosurgeon exist in every phase before entering residency, during training, and at workplace. In the neurosurgical specialty, only a few women are in chief academic and leadership positions, and this situation needs to improve. WIN should be motivated to pursue fellowships, sub-specialty training, research, and academic activities. Furthermore, men should come forward to mentor women, only then the gender debates will disappear and true excellence in neurosurgery can be attained. This article reviews the issues that are relevant in the present era focusing on the barriers faced by female neurosurgeons in the developing and underdeveloped countries and the possible solutions to achieve gender equality in neurosurgery. The authors also present the data from the World WIN Directory collected as a part of Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons-WINS project 2019. These numbers are expected to grow as the WIN progress and add value to the neurosurgical community at large.
神经外科领域的女性（WIN）已经取得了长足的进步，并且正在各个神经外科亚专业领域取得进展。全球范围内，接受培训和从事临床工作的女性神经外科医生数量都在增加。尽管这是一个令人欣喜的趋势，但在工作机会、晋升和薪资待遇方面的性别平等仍有待实现。这在发展中国家和欠发达国家更为明显。女性神经外科医生在进入住院医师培训前、培训期间以及工作场所的各个阶段都面临着障碍。在神经外科专业领域，担任主要学术和领导职务的女性寥寥无几，这种情况需要得到改善。应该鼓励WIN成员追求奖学金、亚专业培训、研究和学术活动。此外，男性应该站出来指导女性，只有这样，性别争议才会消失，神经外科领域才能实现真正的卓越。本文回顾了当前时代相关的问题，重点关注发展中国家和欠发达国家女性神经外科医生面临的障碍以及实现神经外科性别平等的可能解决方案。作者还展示了作为2019年亚洲神经外科医师大会 - WIN项目一部分收集的世界WIN名录中的数据。随着WIN的发展并为整个神经外科领域增添价值，预计这些数字将会增长。
