WOMEDS
(Women in Medicine in Spain)
Gender inequity
in the medical profession
Female representation
in medicine societies
Glass ceiling
in medical research and teaching
FEMALE LEADERSHIP
IN SPANISH
MEDICINE
Gender indicators to monitor the glass ceiling in Medicine
The WOMEDS (Women in Medicine in Spain) project is an observatory designed to monitor the representation of Spanish women physicians in leadership positions and its evolution over time, in four complementary areas: clinical care work, research, professional representation and academic career.
The purpose of this project is to identify possible gender gaps in each area and propose actions to promote equal opportunities to career development contributing to the fight against inequalities faced by women physician in Spain.
The first results, compelling data from 2019 to 2021, established the first indicators. Standardised data have been provided on the representativeness of women as global data and also itemised by specialities and Autonomous Communities.
The observatory will be updated on an annual basis to monitor changes in tackling the gender gap in female leadership as well as to check whether the desired effect of the corrective actions has been produced.
Meet the team behind the Womeds project.
The annual observatory of female leadership in Spanish medicine is a Spanish Federation of Medicals Societies (Federación de Asociaciones Científico Médicas Españolas (FACME)) project developed by a group of women with extensive experience in healthcare, especially in the field of medical societies and universities.
These professionals are committed to investigating the gender gap in leadership positions for women in medicine and working to reduce it.