Affiliation:
1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hadassah Medical Organization and Faculty of Medicine Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem Israel
2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Chaim Sheba Medical Center Ramat‐Gan Israel
3. Faculty of Medicine Tel‐Aviv University Tel‐Aviv Israel
4. Division of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Cedars‐Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles California USA
5. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 Lyon France
6. Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Hadassah Medical Organization and Faculty of Medicine Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem Israel
7. Lady Davis Institute for Cancer Research Jewish General Hospital, McGill University Montreal Quebec Canada
Abstract
AbstractObjectiveWe aim to study gender representation among the different national gynecologic oncology (GO) societies' presidents over the past decade.MethodsA cross‐sectional study examining the period 2013–2022. The leadership positions in 11 GO societies in the USA (SGO), internationally (IGCS), Europe (ESGO), Australia (ASGO), Israel (ISGO), Japan (JSGO), Asia‐Oceania (AOGIN), India (INSGO), Latin America (SLAGO), South Africa (SASGO), and Turkey (TRSGO) was studied. The proportion of leadership positions held by women was calculated and trends were evaluated.ResultsOverall, the average rate of women's representation during the study period was 26.4%, and for the different organizations was: SASGO 70.0%, SGO 50.0%, ESGO 40.0%, ASGO 30.0%, INSGO 30.0%, and IGCS, ISGO, and SLAGO 20.0% each, TRSGO 10%, and no representation of women in JSGO and AOGIN. There was a significant decrease from 2013 to 2016 (63.6% to 9.1%) (P = 0.009) in women's representation as presidents of societies. From 2017 to 2022, there was no difference in women's representation (ranging from 9.1% to 36.4%) (P = 0.13).ConclusionsThis study demonstrates that women are significantly under‐represented in leadership positions in GO professional societies; however, in South Africa and the USA their representation in the last decade was close to equality.
Subject
Obstetrics and Gynecology,General Medicine
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