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The feminization of medicine in Latin America: ‘More-the-merrier’ will not beget gender equity or strengthen health systems

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dc.contributor.author Knaul, Felicia Marie
dc.contributor.author Arreola-Ornelas, Héctor
dc.contributor.author Essue, Beverly M.
dc.contributor.author Nargund, Renu Sara
dc.contributor.author Garcia Funegra, Patricia Jannet
dc.contributor.author Acevedo Gómez, Uriel Salvador
dc.contributor.author Dhatt, Roopa
dc.contributor.author Calderón-Villarreal, Alhelí
dc.contributor.author Yerramilli, Pooja
dc.contributor.author Langer, Ana
dc.date.accessioned 2022-04-26T17:26:50Z
dc.date.available 2022-04-26T17:26:50Z
dc.date.issued 2022
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/11609
dc.description.abstract This viewpoint addresses the lack of gender diversity in medical leadership in Latin America and the gap in evidence on gender dimensions of the health workforce. While Latin America has experienced a dramatic change in the gender demographic of the medical field, the health sector employment pipeline is rife with entrenched and systemic gender inequities that continue to perpetuate a devaluation of women; ultimately resulting in an under-representation of women in medical leadership. Using data available in the public domain, we describe and critique the trajectory of women in medicine and characterize the magnitude of gender inequity in health system leadership over time and across the region, drawing on historical data from Mexico as an illustrative case. We propose recommendations that stand to disrupt the status quo to more appropriately value women and their representation at the highest levels of decision making for health. We call for adequate measurement of equity in medical leadership as a matter of national, regional, and global priority and propose the establishment of a regional observatory to monitor and evaluate meaningful progress towards gender parity in the health sector as well as in medical leadership. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Elsevier
dc.relation.ispartofseries Lancet Regional Health. Americas
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Feminization of Medicine en_US
dc.subject Latin America en_US
dc.subject Gender Equity en_US
dc.subject Health Systems en_US
dc.title The feminization of medicine in Latin America: ‘More-the-merrier’ will not beget gender equity or strengthen health systems en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2022.100201
dc.relation.issn 2667-193X


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