Gender equity in health research publishing in Africa

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This webinar is the presentation by the authors of the Gender equity in health research publishing in Africa paper published in the BMJ Global Health in 2022. Join us for a short presentation and discussion about their latest paper.

[Introduction from the paper] - Women researchers find it more difficult to publish in academic journals than men, an inequity that affects women’s careers and was exacerbated during the pandemic, particularly for women in low-income and middle-income countries. We measured publishing by sub-Saharan African (SSA) women in prestigious authorship positions (first or last author, or single author) during the time frame 2014–2016. We also examined policies and practices at journals publishing high rates of women scientists from sub-Saharan Africa, to identify potential structural enablers affecting these women in publishing.

S peakers

Anwaar Baobeid is a recent MPH graduate and also completed the Collaborative Specialization in Global Health from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University. and is now working as a Research and Policy Analyst with the BC Health Coalition.

Tara Faghani-Hamadani is also a recent MPH graduate and also completed the Collaborative Specialization in Global Health from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. She working at the Public Health Agency of Canada as a Navigator.

Erica Di Ruggiero is Director for the Centre for Global Health, Director of the Collaborative Specialization in Global Health, and Associate Professor of global health, Social and Behavioural Health Sciences Division and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (University of Toronto). Prior to joining the university, she was the inaugural Deputy Scientific Director with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research-Institute of Population and Public Health. 

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