Sex and gender reporting in Australian health and medical research publications

Read our new paper in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
The four priorities for tackling medical misogyny in Australia

The federal government has established a women’s health advisory council to improve outcomes. Here a panel of experts discuss what it should focus on.
New National Women’s Health Advisory Council

National Women’s Health Advisory Council to tackle medical misogyny in medicine and health care
Small step for Nature, giant leap across the gender gap

Leading journal will make sex and gender reporting mandatory in research
Tackling the gap in women’s health data

Principal Investigator Dr Cheryl Carcel speaks to Cosmos about sex and gender data gaps
Virus vaccine trials had even gender split

Find out more about our research into sex and gender reporting in COVID-19 vaccine trials
Women under-represented in stroke clinical trials

It’s been increasingly acknowledged that clinical trials in medicine often don’t include enough women.
The widespread gender bias in healthcare

An in-depth look at the gender bias in healthcare on Health Report with Dr Norman Swan
Why are males still the default subjects in medical research?

The article discuss research on specific sexes, but further consideration of gender-diverse groups, such as transgender people, also remains a gap in science.
One in three women has had health concerns dismissed. Experts say it’s evidence of a gender gap in medicine

Story of Ebony Tallentyre who got a diagnosis, but no treatment plan. She said navigating polycystic ovary syndrome on her own was “the most frustrating thing”.
Stakeholder forum: development and implementation of policies for the collection, analysis and reporting of sex and gender data in health and medical research

On May 19, the Sex & Gender Policies in Medical Research project team of The George Institute and the Australian Human Rights Institute at UNSW Sydney, hosted a targeted virtual event. Almost 50 stakeholders participated in a lively discussion.