Rising to the challenge of facing inequities in health research

Gender bias is a problem that goes beyond economics, reaching all aspects of our lives, including scientific research and health care.

Political leaders are listening, writes Lynn Posluns, who notes Health Minister Patty Hajdu’s 2019 mandate letter specified that funded research should ‘integrate sex- and gender-based analyses.’The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LYNN POSLUNS

March 10, 2021

At a time when humanity copes with a once in a century public health crisis, the theme for International Women’s Day (IWD) 2021 carried a poignant resonance: “#ChooseToChallenge.” As IWD organizers describe it: “We can all choose to challenge and call out gender bias and inequality. We can a...

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