Global Survey Suggests Gender-Related Barriers Stifle the Leadership Potential of Nurses

June 06, 2019 Vancouver, Canada A new report brings together the voices of more than 2,500 nurses and nurse-midwives from 117 different countries on the topic of gender and leadership.A report released today on nursing leadership suggests that discrimination, bias and stereotyping inhibit opportunities for female nurses to develop skills, perpetuate the gender pay gap and result in unequal treatment in the health workforce between women and men around the world. The report is a product of a research collaboration amongIntraHealth International,Nursing Now andJohnson& Johnson.According to the report, women make up 70% of the total health and social care workforce yet comprise only 25% of health system leadership roles.“There is massive potential for health and economic returns when you invest in the health workforce—and particularly nurses,” says Barbara Stillwell, executive director of Nursing Now. “But gender-related barriers are still preventing us from fully unlocking this potential. Nurses and midwiv es are vital to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals on health, gender equality, decent work and poverty alleviation, yet we hear over and over from nurses that they are being held back as leaders.”The report reflects a wide, global response of nurses ’ voices on gender barriers to leadership. The findings and recommendations were drawn from a survey of 2,537 nurses and nurse-midwives from 117 countries as well as a literature review and eight key in...
Source: IntraHealth International - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Tags: Leadership and Governance Nursing & Midwifery Source Type: news