Resources
Programs
Homeward Bound
Homeward Bound is a leadership program for women in STEMM (science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine) to develop a global collaboration of 1000 women over 10 years.
The aim is to develop leaders who demonstrate skills in collaboration and inclusion, are legacy minded and trustworthy with people and financial assets, to help make decisions from the perspective of the global home, on behalf of future generations.
Mother nature needs her daughters!
Women in Leadership Program
This course is run through Monash and has been attended by some of our working groups members who highly recommend it.
"The purpose of this three-day program is to inspire, encourage and support women in healthcare and research to reach their full career potential. This program will explore equal opportunity, capacity, capability building and career strategic planning as well as providing supportive networks and partnerships.
Delivered by Ms Tracey Ezard, Professor Helena Teede and Associate Professor Jacqueline Boyle, with support from current leaders in healthcare and research."
- Harvard - Strategies and Skills Development for Career Advancement and Leadership
- US – Women in Medicine Summit
- Williamson Community Leadership Program Leadership Victoria Fellowship
- Your Colleges – check the different seminars
- Oxford Executive Leadership Program
- Centre for Creative Leadership
- Cranlana
- University of Melbourne Health Law course – 5 days
- University of Melbourne Prof Rob Moodie Health Leadership 5 days
- Australian Institute Company of Directors (AICDs)
- AFRACMA
Other links
- AMA – Women in Medicine
- Victorian Medical Women Society
- AMSA
Articles
The Conversation - "Science prizes are still a boys’ club. Here’s how we can change that" (21.10.19)
This article touches on improving diversity, identifying the barriers and the selection process.
- Bismark, M., Morris, J., Thomas, L., Loh, E., Phelps, G., & Dickinson, H. (2015). Reasons and remedies for under-representation of women in medical leadership roles: a qualitative study from Australia.BMJ open,5(11), e009384. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009384
- Hempenstall, A., Tomlinson, J. and Bismark, M.M. (2019), Gender inequity in medicine and medical leadership. Med. J. Aust., 211: 475-475.e1. doi:10.5694/mja2.50388
- Women in medicine are not given the respect they deserve, from their male colleagues or patients Ranjana Srivistava
- https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/03/women-in-medicine-are-not-given-the-respect-they-deserve-from-their-male-colleagues-or-patients
- Faminism is for everybody – Editorial Lancet Feb 2019
- https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(19)30239-9/fulltext
- Choo EK, Byington CL, Johnson NL, Jagsi R. From #MeToo to #TimesUp in health care: can a culture of accountability end inequity and harassment? Lancet. 2019 Feb 9;393(10171):499-502. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)30251-X. PMID: 30739670.
- Advancing women in medical leadership
- Mousa, M.,Boyle, J. A.&Teede, H. J.,Mar 2020,In :The Medical Journal of Australia.212,4,p. 190-190.e12 p.
- Advancing women in medical leadership
- Teede, H. J.,Nov 2019,In :Medical Journal of Australia.211,9,p. 392-394.e14 p.
Books
- New Power - Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms
- Becoming - Michelle Obama
- Women and Leadership: Real Lives, Real Lessons - Julia Gillard and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
- Dare to Lead - Brene Brown
- Thrive - Ariana Huffington
- Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead - Nell Scovell and Sheryl Sandberg
- The Likeability Trap: How to Break Free and Succeed As You are - Alicia Menendez
- Show Up Hard - Shannon Weber
- “Conversations with RBG”
- The wife drought - Annabel Crabb
- Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking - Susan Cain
- Hidden Figures: The Untold True Story of Four African-American Women who Helped Launch Our Nation Into Space - Margot Lee Shetterly
- Your Oxygen Mask First: 17 Habits to Help High Achievers Survive & Thrive - Kevin N. Lawrence
- Forget a Mentor, Find a Sponsor: The New Way to Fast-Track Your Career - Sylvia Ann Hewlett
- Radical Candor: How to Get What You Want by Saying What You Mean - Kim Scott
- The Buzz - Tracey Ezard (Look out for Ferocious Warmth Leadership)
- True North - Bill George
- Leadership for the Disillusioned - Prof Amanda Sinclair
Websites and Blogs
- Women’s Agenda
- Gender Avenger
- Evolve from the balcony to the staircase
- NoWEM
- #BeEthical A Call to Healthcare Leaders: Ending Gender Workforce Disparities is an Ethical Imperative
- Pandemic Kindness
Talks/Orations/TED Talks
- TED Talk - To solve the world's biggest problems, invest in women and girls, Musimbi Kanyoro, recent CEO of the Global Fund for Women
- TED Talk - Building a psychologically safe workplace, Amy Edmonston
- TED Talk - What does my headscarf mean to you?, Yassmin Abdel-Magied
- Priscilla Kincaid-Smith Oration - Women in medicine as a critical component of disruption in relation to the profession, its identity and its interaction with the broader health system, Prof Helena Teede
Social Media
Facebook Groups
- Feminist Doctors ANZ
- MMAMTB and offshots
- Doc to Doc
Intersectionality
Intersectionality as a theoretical concept is defined as: “the complex, cumulative way in which the effects of multiple forms of discrimination (such as racism, sexism, and classism) combine, overlap, or intersect especially in the experiences of marginalized individuals or groups.”
- “When they enter, we all enter”: Intersectionality, Racial Justice, and Gender Equality - relating to BLM and current
- 10 New & Old Books for Intersectional Feminist Readers
- Intersectional Feminism 101
- Intersectional Feminism 101: Why It’s Important And What We Must Remember
Toolkits and good resources:
How to be a better intersectional feminist / ally:
If you are organising a talk, a meeting or conferences
Be aware of diversity of conference organising diversity matrix and speaker matrix, and not just Chairing
- Have you got yourself a #manel?
- Who is not in the room?
- Which voices are not being heard?
Manel watch Australia
Women Speakers in Healthcare ANZ
Women Speakers in Healthcare ANZ aims for every healthcare event to have balanced gender representation. There is overwhelming evidence to demonstrate that gender equity in health and medical leadership in Australia and New Zealand has not been achieved.
This is reflected in the balance of speakers and panels convened for healthcare conferences, often with disproportionate gender balance. Conferences and healthcare events are key opportunities to showcase diversity and inclusivity, effecting cultural and organisational change. To increase healthcare leadership diversity, aspiring leaders need to see relatable role models at healthcare events.
Women Speakers in Healthcare Australia and New Zealand are building Australia & New Zealand's largest database of female healthcare professionals to speak at healthcare events to achieve balanced, diverse and inclusive speaker representation.
And don’t forget to please sign up to the database as a speaker and to spread the word to other female speakers!
Twitter: @womenspeakerANZ
Email: womenspeakershcanz@gmail.com