�㽶��Ƶ News - women

One in four women experience domestic violence before age 50

webfull — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 16:45:41 +0000

Over one in four women (or 27 per cent) experience intimate partner violence before the age of 50, according to a worldwide analysis led by researchers from �㽶��Ƶ and the World Health Organization. The largest of its kind, the analysis covers 366 studies involving more than 2 million women in 161 countries.

Published: 24 March 2022

Patently harmful: fewer female inventors a problem for women’s health

webfull — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 14:11:23 +0000

"Necessity is the father of invention," but where is its mother? According to a new study published in Science, fewer women hold biomedical patents, leading to a reduced number of patented technologies designed to address problems affecting women.

Published: 6 July 2021

Gender gap: Women represent two-thirds of doctorates, but hold only one-third of academic jobs

webfull — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 14:11:33 +0000

Women today represent two-thirds of all Canadian doctorates in archaeology, but only one-third of Canadian tenure-stream faculty. While men with Canadian PhDs have done well in securing tenure-track jobs in Canada over the past 15 years, women have not, according to a new study from �㽶��Ƶ. The current COVID-19 pandemic is likely to exacerbate these existing inequalities.

Published: 11 February 2021

Smart phones are empowering women worldwide

webfull — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 13:35:40 +0000

By giving women access to information they otherwise wouldn’t have, mobile phones are transforming lives. Putting smart phones in women’s hands could be a powerful tool to support sustainable development goals in the developing world, according to researchers from �㽶��Ƶ, University of Oxford and Bocconi University.

Published: 25 June 2020

N-Peace Award Winner, May Sabe Phyu, in discussion with ISID Director Erik Kuhonta

webfull — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 18:33:18 +0000

The Institite for the Study of International Development and the McGill Southeast Asia Research Program (SEARP) are glad to announce that Myanmar based gender expert, May Sabe Phyu, has recently won an N-Peace Award from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). We were lucky to interview May when she visited the International Development Research Center (IDRC) headquarters in Ottawa in May 2019 to give a talk on female political participation in Myanmar.

Published: 11 March 2020

5 Lessons For A Non-Linear Scientific Career: Eliane Ubalijoro is profiled in Forbes

webfull — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 17:19:16 +0000

ISID Professor of Practice, Dr Eliane Ubalijoro, is profiled in Forbes magazine.

Read the full article online: https://www.forbes.com/sites/christinero/2019/03/07/5-lessons-for-a-non-...

Published: 8 March 2019

Women in Leadership Task Force Final Report Now Available

webfull — Thu, 18 May 2017 16:39:27 +0000

To date, there are disproportionately fewer women than men in leadership positions in the McGill Department of Pediatrics especially in the roles of Division Directors, Associate Chairs, Vice-Chair, Department Chair, Head of the Montreal Children's Hospital Child Health Research and designation of "professor". Therefore, the Chair of the Department of Pediatrics has mandated a Task Force to develop realistic action plans that can be implemented to engage more of the Department of Pediatrics female faculty to take on leadership roles.

Published: 18 May 2017

McGill Symposium in Women's Health (Sept. 16)

webfull — Tue, 13 Sep 2016 20:47:42 +0000

Each year, the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at McGill organize a symposium to review new studies and practices in order to help practicing gynecologists, family physicians, residents, fellows and allied health professionals with interest in Women’s Health. (Website)

Published: 13 September 2016

Could quality of sleep have to do with sex differences?

webfull — Mon, 12 Sep 2016 19:15:37 +0000

You may have noticed that women are more prone to sleep disturbances than men. They are, for instance, up to twice as likely to suffer from insomnia than men. Could there be a link between the body clock that regulates sleep and being a female or a male? Yes, according to an original study conducted by Dr. Diane B. Boivin of �㽶��Ƶ’s Department of Psychiatry and the Douglas Mental Health University Institute.

Published: 12 September 2016

McGill experts: International Women’s Day

webfull — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 17:45:54 +0000

Published: 27 February 2015