A step towards gender equity to strengthen the pharmaceutical workforce during COVID-19
There is plenty of evidence to support that women leaders are needed in the health and pharmaceutical sectors, although most of the leadership positions in global health are predominantly occupied by men. This is a major challenge to global health policy. Gender diversity and inclusion within the ph...
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2020-12-01
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| author | Nadia Bukhari Mehr Manzoor Huma Rasheed Bismah Nayyer Madeeha Malik Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar |
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| description | There is plenty of evidence to support that women leaders are needed in the health and pharmaceutical sectors, although most of the leadership positions in global health are predominantly occupied by men. This is a major challenge to global health policy. Gender diversity and inclusion within the pharmaceutical workforce is integral to optimal patient care. Women continue to be underrepresented in senior and leadership positions within pharmacy, despite outnumbering the men in the global pharmacy workforce. This commentary highlights the need towards gender equity and discusses the several key initiatives that are building momentum and making substantial progress towards this agenda in the pharmaceutical workforce. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-33d650586d8640d3949f5cd377fc4a022023-12-07T15:28:02ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice2052-32112020-12-0113110.1186/s40545-020-00215-512315139A step towards gender equity to strengthen the pharmaceutical workforce during COVID-19Nadia Bukhari0Mehr Manzoor1Huma Rasheed2Bismah Nayyer3Madeeha Malik4Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar5School of Pharmacy,Department of Health Policy and Management,Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences,Department of Population Health Sciences, Faculty of life Sciences & Medicine,Hamdard University, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences,Department of Pharmacy,There is plenty of evidence to support that women leaders are needed in the health and pharmaceutical sectors, although most of the leadership positions in global health are predominantly occupied by men. This is a major challenge to global health policy. Gender diversity and inclusion within the pharmaceutical workforce is integral to optimal patient care. Women continue to be underrepresented in senior and leadership positions within pharmacy, despite outnumbering the men in the global pharmacy workforce. This commentary highlights the need towards gender equity and discusses the several key initiatives that are building momentum and making substantial progress towards this agenda in the pharmaceutical workforce.http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40545-020-00215-5 |
| spellingShingle | Nadia Bukhari Mehr Manzoor Huma Rasheed Bismah Nayyer Madeeha Malik Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar A step towards gender equity to strengthen the pharmaceutical workforce during COVID-19 Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice |
| title | A step towards gender equity to strengthen the pharmaceutical workforce during COVID-19 |
| title_full | A step towards gender equity to strengthen the pharmaceutical workforce during COVID-19 |
| title_fullStr | A step towards gender equity to strengthen the pharmaceutical workforce during COVID-19 |
| title_full_unstemmed | A step towards gender equity to strengthen the pharmaceutical workforce during COVID-19 |
| title_short | A step towards gender equity to strengthen the pharmaceutical workforce during COVID-19 |
| title_sort | step towards gender equity to strengthen the pharmaceutical workforce during covid 19 |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40545-020-00215-5 |
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