/newsroom/taxonomy/term/3921/all en /newsroom/judith-szapor Mon, 30 Jan 2023 06:31:54 +0000 lawrence.chiang@mail.mcgill.ca 288868 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/one-four-women-experience-domestic-violence-age-50-338615 <p>Over one in four women (or 27 per cent) experience intimate partner violence before the age of 50, according to a worldwide analysis led by researchers from Â鶹AV and the World Health Organization. The largest of its kind, the analysis covers 366 studies involving more than 2 million women in 161 countries.</p> Thu, 24 Mar 2022 13:59:31 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 287148 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/patently-harmful-fewer-female-inventors-problem-womens-health-331792 <p>"Necessity is the <em>father</em> of invention," but where is its mother? According to a new study published in <a href="https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aba6990"><i>Science</i></a>, fewer women hold biomedical patents, leading to a reduced number of patented technologies designed to address problems affecting women.</p> Tue, 06 Jul 2021 13:57:12 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 269912 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/gender-gap-women-represent-two-thirds-doctorates-hold-only-one-third-academic-jobs-328420 <p>Women today represent two-thirds of all Canadian doctorates in archaeology, but only one-third of Canadian tenure-stream faculty. While men with Canadian PhDs have done well in securing tenure-track jobs in Canada over the past 15 years, women have not, according to a new study from Â鶹AV. The current COVID-19 pandemic is likely to exacerbate these existing inequalities.</p> Wed, 10 Feb 2021 21:57:01 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 256611 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/smart-phones-are-empowering-women-worldwide-322809 <p>By giving women access to information they otherwise wouldn’t have, mobile phones are transforming lives. Putting smart phones in women’s hands could be a powerful tool to support sustainable development goals in the developing world, according to researchers from Â鶹AV, University of Oxford and Bocconi University.</p> Tue, 16 Jun 2020 18:40:12 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 216874 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-symposium-womens-health-sept-16-262715 <p>Each year, the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Â鶹AV organize a symposium to review new studies and practices in order to help practicing gynecologists, family physicians, residents, fellows and allied health professionals with interest in Women’s Health. (<a href="/obgyn/symposium">Website</a>)</p> Tue, 13 Sep 2016 20:47:40 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 26170 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/could-quality-sleep-have-do-sex-differences-262690 <p>You may have noticed that women are more prone to sleep disturbances than men. They are, for instance, up to twice as likely to suffer from insomnia than men. Could there be a link between the body clock that regulates sleep and being a female or a male? Yes, according to an original study conducted by Dr. Diane B. Boivin of Â鶹AV’s Department of Psychiatry and the Douglas Mental Health University Institute.</p> Mon, 12 Sep 2016 16:25:23 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 26163 at /newsroom