Gender Health Equity Collective Launch

Introducing the Gender Health Equity collective in partnership with Medical Herstory and Green Templeton College.

Join us at the launch party to connect with students and researchers across the University of Oxford interested in gender equity, patient experiences, medical education, and undoing stigma.

We will meet at the Green Templeton College Lecture theatre to hear from Tori Ford from Medical Herstory about “Making Medicine Feminist” and then break out into networking groups to discuss current issues and ideas. This will be a space to brainstorm how we can work together to support each other’s research and create collective impact.

We will also be providing free drinks and snacks at the Stables Bar!

Everyone is welcome!

The Problem

Despite popular beliefs that medicine is value-neutral or objective, gender inequity infiltrates medical care and disproportionately impacts women and gender diverse people. We know that historically and currently, these groups have been stereotyped as hysterical, overly emotional, or untrustworthy within medical settings. Their self-reports about pain and illness are more likely to be dismissed or disbelieved and conditions that differently and disproportionately affect people assigned female at birth are not seen as research priorities meaning that we lack critical answers and treatment options. Gender bias results in lost hope, lost access, and even lost lives- especially when it is compounded by structures of racism and ableism.

Our Actions

Gender inequity in medicine persists on many levels, therefore solving it requires diverse solutions. Gender inequity in medicine starts with believing patient stories, providing curriculum on gender bias within medical schools and clinical training, and de-stigmatising these conversations within society.