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Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI) Week

19 March 2024 | Organizer : International Development Research Centre...

Gender in Medical Research

26 March 2024 | Organizer : Women@Apple Nordic Gendro’s Director joins...

Sex and Gender Dimensions in Public Health

28 March 2024 | Organizer : Boston University Overseas Public Health...

Gender, Data Equity : Expert conversations.

11 March 2024 | Organizer : Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Gendro’s Founder and Director joins a fireside chat about gender equity and data with Dr Michelle Kaufman, Director of Gender Equity Unit at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. During the webinar, Shirin Heidari shared the tremendous progress that has been made to recognize the importance of gender and...

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Webinar: Sex As a Biological Variable (SABV) Policy and Sex-Inclusive Research: Making Progress, Taking Stock, and Visioning the Future

30 November 2023 | Organizer: National Institutes of Health, Office of Research on Women's Health This special session was organized by the NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health, Sex and Gender in Health and Disease (SGHD) Scientific Interest Group (SIG). The primary focus of the webinar was to delve into the impacts of sex (as a biological variable) and gender (as a social construct) on...

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Lecture: Sex and Gender Dimensions in Public Health 

29 November 2023 | Organizer : Boston University Overseas Public Health Programme Through a partnership with the Boston University Overseas Public Health Programme in Geneva, Switzerland, GENDRO offers regular lectures aimed at the importance of understanding and incorporating sex and gender aspects and their intersection with other determinants of health, equipping future public Health...

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Public Event: Dying for Life, Are Mothers Still a Global Health Priority?

27 November 2023 | Organizers : The International Geneva Global Health Platform, Concept Foundation, Geneva Health Forum, The Gender Centre of the Geneva Graduate Institute and GENDRO The event raised critical questions about the prioritization of maternal health and the potential impact on global health priorities from a gender lens and as a question of gender equality, discussing why despite...

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Workshop: SPARKS! Digital technologies for health must prioritize gender equality and human rights: towards an end-to-end Intersectional Feminist Approach 

22-24 November 2023 | Organizers : GENDRO and affiliated partners, hosted by the IdeaSquare at CERN This workshop convened thought leaders, experts and feminist and human rights advocates from diverse disciplinary backgrounds to a dynamic and interactive workshop hosted by CERN Ideasquare as a follow-up to SPARKS! Serendipity Forum organized by CERN. The idea of the workshop was conceived by...

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Symposium: Sex and Gender in Musculoskeletal Research  

17 November 2023 | Organizer : The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery A presentation by GENDRO at the Conference on Sex and Musculoskeletal Research focused on the role of SAGER guidelines in fostering greater attention to sex and gender across disciplines, welcoming any measures for adoption of the SAGER guidelines by the journals in the field, encouraging editors to play a more active role in...

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Conference: The Human Immunome Project “Into Action” Scientific Strategy Meeting  

15-16 November 2023 | Organizer : Human Immunome Project, hosted by the Caixa Research Institute   The Human Immunome Project (HIP) presented its comprehensive scientific research plan at the Human Immunome Project Into Action Conference in Barcelona. This ambitious plan, aimed at creating the most extensive immunology dataset in history, facilitated discussion on key areas, such as...

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Lecture: Gender mainstreaming in International Organizations   

9 November 2023 | Organizer : University of Westminster  In collaboration with the University of Westminster, GENDRO president, Dr Shirin Heidari, delivered a lecture on gender mainstreaming in international organizations to students in the International Relations Program at the University of Westminster in London, United Kingdom. 

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INSPIRE Conference 2023: Pioneering Inclusive Gender Equality in Research and Innovtation

6 October 2023 | Organiser : GenPORT and affiliated partners GENDRO participated in Policy Workshop: Institutional ambitions and approaches to advancing equality, diversity and inclusion in research and innovation (EDI) as part of the INSPIRE Conference in Budapest, Hungary. The INSPIRE Conference brought together over 70 global thought leaders featuring dynamic discussions, including insights...

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Public event: The Launch of the Lancet Commission on Women, Power, and Cancer   

27 September 2023 | The Lancet, The National Cancer Institute, ecancer, GENDRO, and the Gender Centre, Geneva Graduate Institute  The Global Launch of the Commission report on Women, Power, and Cancer, was co-hosted by GENDRO, alongside other partners, at the Geneva Graduate Institute. The report investigates the intersection of women, power, and cancer, beyond the scope of “women’s cancers” and...

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Conference presentation : Inclusion of Sex and Gender Instructions to Authors and SAGER Guideline Recommendations Across Highest Impact Oncology Journals  

2-6 June 2023 | Organiser : American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2023 As part of an effort through the Lancet Commission on Women, Power and Cancer, an analysis was carried out to examine the extent to which the top-ranking oncology journals incorporated their SAGER guidelines or other languages regarding the inclusion of sex and gender considerations in the instructions to authors of...

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Workshop: Gendering scientific publications (“Train the Trainers”)

19 May 2023 | Organiser : MINDtheGEPs In May 2023, trainers from various organizations partnered with MINDtheGEPs gathered in Belgrade to deliberate on gender considerations in scientific publication, encompassing both research themes and teams. The workshop aimed to formulate guidelines for gendering scientific publications to inform the European research community. GENDRO’s president, Dr...

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Workshop: RE-IMAGINE an inclusive gender equal future for research and innovation

19 April 2023 | Organiser: INSPIRE INSPIRE is Europe's Centre of Excellence focused on inclusive gender equality in research and innovation. It serves as a hub where scholars, equality experts, practitioners, and trainers can connect, share resources, and collaborate on new initiatives. Twenty-eight participants, including GENDRO members, took part in the workshop in Berlin, Germany. They...

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Meeting: Sex and gender considerations in current research ethics guidelines and research ethics committees’ work

2 February 2023 | Organisers: GENDRO and CIOMS GENDRO and CIOMS jointly convened a meeting with key stakeholders, including the World Medical Association, Council of Europe, World Health Organization, representatives from research ethics committees, research institutions, and the pharmaceutical industry. The focus was on the crucial role of Research Ethics Committees (RECs) in addressing gender...

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Virtual booth: 2022 EU Gender Summit Integrating gender dimensions in research and innovation 

31 October 2022 | Organiser : Portia The 2022 EU Gender Summit featured a series of insightful sessions and discussions aimed at advancing gender equality in research and innovation. Speakers elaborated on gender budgeting in the EU as a mechanism to promote gender equality in research and innovation within Horizon Europe, elaborating on new directions in integrating dimensions of equity,...

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Presentation: Ensuring Equity in Trauma Care Through a Gender Lens 

20 October 2022 |Organiser : Trauma Care During the Annual Trauma Care Conference, the president of GENDRO delivered a presentation shedding light on the crucial aspects of applying a gender lens to trauma care. The discussion delved into the rationale behind recognizing the importance of sex and gender differences, which play a significant role in understanding the varied risks and forms of...

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WHA Side event : Webinar on Gender, Equity and Human Rights at the heart of the pandemic convention

26 May 2022 | Organisers: UNITE and GENDRO  UNITE, a global parliamentarian network for global health, hosted a webinar as a side event of the World Health Assembly “Gender, equity and human rights at the heart of the pandemic convention.”   Dr. Shirin Heidari, the founding president of GENDRO, spoke at this webinar on the impact of COVID-19 and pandemics on women’s rights and the need...

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Public event : Launch of  Swiss Women’s Health Alliance at the 2022 Geneva Health Forum 

5 May 2022 | Organisers : Concept Foundation and GENDRO  The Swiss Women’s Health Alliance is a community of key Swiss-based actors working in the global women’s health field and has been working together as a workshop of the 2022 Geneva Health Forum.  Concept Foundation and GENDRO are co-leading the Swiss Women’s Health Alliance alongside core members from Médecins Sans...

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Conference: 10th Global Conference on Health Promotion, “Achieving resilience, equity and sustainability by leaving no one behind” 

9 December 2021 | Organiser : Alliance for Health Promotion The purpose of the session was to capture the changes necessitated by COVID-19 and how they impacted the well-being of various populations. This interactive platform helped us better understand the specific needs and challenges of different populations, taking the angle of inclusion, equity, and empowerment in order to contribute to...

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Public Event: Open Think Tank Network Launch – Feminist Foreign Policy 

12 November 2021 | Organiser : Open Think Tank Network (OpenTTN) In November 2021, a forum was held in Geneva that marked the official launch of OpenTTN. For three days, participants from all over Europe came together to discuss foreign policy issues in a participatory format with high-ranking experts and speakers.  The participants had the opportunity to celebrate the success of the joint...

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Webinar : Gender bias in recruitment, promotion and career management

5 October 2021 | Organiser : GE Academy Trainers Dr. Shirin Heidari, founding president of GENDRO, along with Cristina Dragomir from Constanta Maritime University, who served as an Associate Professor, provided an overview of the main imbalances and biases regarding HR management in research and academia during the session. These imbalances encompassed vertical and horizontal segregation, the...

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Webinar : Sex and gender in COVID-19 vaccines : data, policy and communication

17 June 2021 | Organisers : United Nations University International Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH) and GENDRO  The panel was chaired by Shirin Heidari from GENDRO, and the presenters included Tracey Goodman from WHO and Lavanya Vijayasingham from UNU-IIGH. Jean Munro from GAVI moderated the discussion, while the panelists included Apoorva Mandavilli, a journalist from The New York Times,...

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Webinar: Why sex- and gender-based analysis matters in public health 

15 June 2021 | Organiser : Canadian Public Health Association This webinar offered an overview of the purpose of Sex and Gender Based Analysis (SGBA), its application to public health, and provided an overview of some key examples from a forthcoming book on SBGA in Public Health (https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783...) edited by Jacqueline Gahagan, Professor of Health.   Promotion...

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