Chemistry for All: Advocating Gender Equality

Advocating for equality for preterm infants.

I enjoyed the CMAJ article by Trottier and colleagues, and wish to suggest a possible addition to the initial management of hoarseness algorithm in Figure 3. Many primary care and emergency physicians are able to perform simple, indirect laryngoscopy with topical anesthesia, a headlamp and a laryngeal mirror. In a cooperative patient, obtaining a decent view of the glottic opening and surroundi...

Why Gender Equality is Important for All of the MDGs

Gender Equality and Democracy

Although democratic institutions existed long before gender equality, at this point in history, growing emphasis on gender equality is a central component of the process of democratization. Support for gender equality is not just a consequence of democratization. It is part of a broad cultural change that is transforming industrialized societies and bringing growing mass demands for increasingl...

Gender Equality Measurement ( Gem )

The workshop started with Doris Buss introducing the issues surrounding “the measurement of violence against women,” and its significance for public services, feminist organizations and scholars. The importance and the limits of measuring violence against women are varied; in some contexts, requirements to measure can impose burdens on overworked activists and service providers, and the product...

Gender Equality and Equity