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Raising Gender Equity Voices: Reflections from an International Virtual Assembly in Global Surgery

Authors

  • Leticia Nunes Campos Faculty of Medical Sciences, Universidade de Pernambuco
  • Natalie Pawlak Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
  • Lotta Velin Surgery and Public Health, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University
  • Nensi Melissa Ruzgar Yale University School of Medicine
  • Ayla Gerk Universidad Católica Argentina
  • Kevouy Reid Department of Medicine, Spanish Town Hospital
  • Habab Ali Iraqi Al-Yarmouk College of Medical Sciences
  • Zineb Bentounsi University Hospital Southampton
  • Michalina Drejza Department of Perinatology and Gynecology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences
  • Dhrumil Patil Baroda Medical College
  • Nour Nassour University of Balamand, Faculty of Medicine
  • Heaven Yeshaneh Tatere . Addis Ababa University, College of Health Sciences
  • Mehr Muhammad Adeel Riaz Punjab Medical College
  • Tanya L Zakrison University of Chicago, Section of Trauma & Acute Care Surgery

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/ijms.2021.1055

Keywords:

Global surgery, Global health, Gender Equity, Low- and Middle-Income Countries, Gender minorities

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Campos, L. N., Pawlak, N., Velin, L., Ruzgar, N. M., Gerk, A., Reid, K., … Zakrison, T. L. (2021). Raising Gender Equity Voices: Reflections from an International Virtual Assembly in Global Surgery . International Journal of Medical Students, 9(4). https://doi.org/10.5195/ijms.2021.1055

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Vol. 9 No. 4 (2021)

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