Discipline of Emergency Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada.
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
CJEM. 2021 Jul;23(4):455-459. doi: 10.1007/s43678-021-00114-x. Epub 2021 Mar 11.
As of January 2019, over half of all doctors working in Canada under the age of 40 were women. Despite equal representation in the profession of medicine, women still experience harassment, discrimination, and pay inequity when compared to their male colleagues. Gender discrimination is present at all levels of medical training and negatively impacts women who want to become emergency physicians. The right to gender equity is part of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The World Health Organization states that "gender inequities are socially generated and, therefore, can be changed." CAEP recognizes that gender equity is important to its members and that it intersects with inequities experienced by other minority groups. This position statement from the committee for Women in Emergency Medicine (EM) is intended to support women and those who identify as women who have chosen EM as their career. Furthermore, it is meant to inform and support policy makers as they consider the unique challenges that women face in their pursuit of excellence in EM.
截至 2019 年 1 月，加拿大 40 岁以下的医生中，超过一半是女性。尽管在医学专业中男女代表人数相等，但与男性同事相比，女性仍会遭受骚扰、歧视和薪酬不公。性别歧视存在于医学培训的各个层面，对希望成为急诊医生的女性产生负面影响。性别平等权利是《加拿大权利和自由宪章》的一部分。世界卫生组织表示，“性别不平等是社会造成的，因此是可以改变的。”CAEP 认识到性别平等对其成员很重要，而且它与其他少数群体所经历的不平等现象相交织。这份来自急诊医学女性委员会的立场声明旨在支持选择急诊医学作为职业的女性和认同女性身份的人。此外，该声明还旨在为政策制定者提供信息和支持，因为他们正在考虑女性在追求急诊医学卓越方面所面临的独特挑战。
