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Unpaid women carers: recognising their contribution and their needs in Latin America
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Unpaid women carers: recognising their contribution and their needs in Latin America

  • Myriam Vidal Valero
  • 5 April 2023

Researchers and public policies have historically overlooked the challenges of informal caregiving for cancer patients in Latin America. Now, public health experts are working to profile this neglected group, evaluate their quality of life and put an economic value on…

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A fair chance for women in oncology: we must all insist on change
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A fair chance for women in oncology: we must all insist on change

  • Adriana Albini
  • 18 February 2022

Women are under-represented in positions of power and leadership, in scientific and health disciplines across the world. This has been widely recognised for decades, yet efforts to implement the changes required to give women a fair chance have met with…

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On being a woman in oncology: in their own words
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On being a woman in oncology: in their own words

  • Anna Wagstaff
  • 11 February 2022

Over the past two decades, Cancer World has had the privilege of publishing profiles of many women who have been leading efforts to improve the quality of cancer care. Coming from all corners of Europe, working in all areas of…

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Academic oncology: women’s careers at high risk for continued inequality
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Academic oncology: women’s careers at high risk for continued inequality

  • Janet Fricker
  • 7 January 2022

More than half of women in oncology practice believe their gender adversely affects their prospects for job promotion, especially in academia. The cross-sectional survey, published in JAMA Netw Open (December 30, 2021), found that more academic female oncologists than non-academic…

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Gender equality in cancer research is still far away
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Gender equality in cancer research is still far away

  • Cristina Ferrario
  • 27 April 2020

Despite a positive trend toward equality in the past 3 decades, a substantial gendered difference is now persisting in oncology publications, favouring male first and last authors. “The academic medicine pipeline poses a significant challenge for workforce development, with disproportionately…

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UNESCO pledges to end the gender imbalance in science
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UNESCO pledges to end the gender imbalance in science

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  • 11 February 2020

[caption id="attachment_9614" align="alignright" width="476"] One of the images with quotes prepared by UNESCO for the International day of Women and Girls in Science 2020[/caption] Science and gender equality are both vital for the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals,…

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