Medical Women's International Association (MWIA) Survey on Women Doctors

* 1. Which MWIA region do you live and work in? (http://mwia.net/about/members)

Northern Europe (includes UK, Scandinavia, Iceland and the Netherlands)

Southern Europe (includes Belgium, France and Italy)

Central Europe (includes Austria, Georgia, Germany, Poland, Russia and Switzerland)

North America

South America

Africa and Near East (includes Egypt)

Western Pacific (includes Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan)

Central Asia (includes India and Thailand)

Which country do you work in?

* 2. What is your age?

under 25

25 to 39

40 to 60

over 60

What is your actual age (optional)

* 3. What is your marital status?

single

married

separated or divorced

widowed

no comment

* 4. Do you have children?

none

one

two

three or more

no comment

* 5. What is your career grade and specialty? Tick as many boxes as apply.

medical student

doctor-in-training

hospital specialist (highest grade)

other hospital doctor

general practice or family medicine

professor

academic / research

public health

administration

leadership position

retired

other

Please give more detail of specialty, grade, previous specialty if retired, if applicable

* 6. How would you assess your job satisfaction?

very high

high

acceptable

low

very low

Please comment

* 7. Do you have direct experience of the application of gender medicine in your clinical practice? Tick whichever apply.

I am involved in research on gender medicine

I am in a department or run clinics dedicated to women's health (excluding Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Family Planning)

I am involved in implementation of gender policies using a targeted approach on gender differences in medicine

other

none of the above

Please give details of area you are involved in

* 8. Do you feel that you have ever been discriminated against in your career because you are a woman?

once

more than once

Please give details (optional)

* 9. Have you ever suffered from sexual harassment or bullying?

never

once

more than once

Please give details (optional)

* 10. Have you ever suffered from any illness related to your work? Tick whichever apply.

none

physical illness

stress

burnout

other mental illness

other

Please give details (optional)

* 11. Have you ever suffered from blackmail or extortion for career progression?

Financial blackmail

Blackmail by sexual favours

Other

Please give details (optional)

* 12. Regarding maternity and parental leave in your country: Tick whichever apply

women doctors are entitled to paid maternity leave

women doctors are not entitled to paid maternity leave

doctors are entitled to paid parental leave

doctors are not entitled to paid parental leave

In my country it is culturally acceptable for doctors to take maternity or parental leave of 3 months or more following the birth of their child without affecting career progresion

In my country it is not culturally acceptable for doctors to take maternity or parental leave of 3 months or more following the birth of their child without affecting career progression

no comment

don't know

Please comment

* 13. Have you ever taken maternity and/or parental leave? Tick whichever apply

Not applicable

I have taken paid maternity leave of 3 months or less

I have taken unpaid maternity leave of 3 months or less

I have taken paid maternity leave of more than 3 months

I have taken unpaid maternity leave of more than 3 months

My partner and/or I have taken paid parental leave

My partner and/or I have taken unpaid parental leave

Please give details of how long maternity leave was, and what proportion was paid

* 14. Is it possible to work part-time for one year or more following return to work after having a child, without detriment to your career?

yes

Comment

* 15. What sort of childcare did you use? Tick whichever apply

husband or partner

other family member

friend

nanny

au-pair

childminder

community day care or nursery

workplace daycare

other

none

not applicable

Comment

* 16. How did you hear about MWIA?

Through my national organisation

MWIA website

Social media

I had not heard of MWIA before

other

Comment

* 17. What are MWIA's strengths? Tick whichever apply

good networking opportunities

good meetings

make friends from many different countries

tackles discrimination against women and girls at an international level

tackles women's health issues at an international level

good at promoting change

helps women doctors

gives women doctors a political voice

other

no strengths

Comment

* 18. What issues are most important for MWIA to address? Please tick your top 5

violence against women and girls

sexual harassment of women medical students and doctors

child sexual abuse

elder abuse

sex trafficking

cyberviolence

work-life balance (maternity leave, parental leave, part-time working after childbirth or to care for elderly relatives)

career progression

disparity in income between male and female doctors

leadership, mentoring and empowerment

cultural issues (eg female genital mutilation, child marriage)

girl child education

maternal, neonatal, child and adolescent health

reproductive health (eg family planning, sexually transmitted diseases, HPV vaccination)

women's health issues eg cervical cancer, breast cancer, endometriosis)

gender medicine (excluding reproductive health and women's health issues)

mental health of adolescents and children

obesity

malnutrition and stunting

other

Comment

* 19. Are you interested in being a mentor or do you have experience in mentoring? Tick whichever apply.

I am not interested in being a mentor

I have experience as a mentor

I am interested in being a mentor

other

Email president_elect@mwia.net if you are interested in being a mentor or have experience to offer

* 20. How would you like MWIA to communicate with you? Tick as many as apply

MWIA Update/ newsletter each quarter by email

regular message from president by email

regular presidential blog on website

Facebook

Twitter

Linked in

other

none

Comment

* 21. Would you like to be more actively involved in MWIA?

yes

If yes, email president_elect@mwia.net and state input you would like to provide

* 22. If you are aged 40 or under, are you interested in becoming involved in the young MWIA forum (yMWIA)?

Yes

not applicable

If yes, email president_elect@mwia.net and give year of birth

* 23. If you are aged 40 or under, how often would you like yMWIA to communicate with you?

quarterly

twice yearly

annually

other

not applicable

Comment

* 24. If you are aged 40 or under (tick whichever apply)

I am interested in a visible platform globally for all female doctors age 40 and under

I am not interested in a visible platform globally for all female doctors age 40 and under

I am interested in supporting a worldwide project to address violence against women, such as the MWIA online module www.mwia.net

I am interested in mentoring/ leadership/empowerment programmes for young doctors (email president_elect @mwia if you are interested in being a mentee)

I am interested in work/life balance including maternity/parental leave, part-time working and childcare

I am interested in attending workshops on subjects of interest

other subjects of interest. Please specify in Comment box

not applicable

Comment

* 25. All information provided will be treated with the strictest confidentiality.
I understand that my data will be part of the statistical analysis of responses to the survey and results may be published in the future

yes

Medical Women's International Association (MWIA) Survey on Women Doctors

Demographics, subjects of interest and methods of communication

The purpose of this survey is to gather data to help MWIA better serve its members. Names are not required, and all information provided will be treated with the strictest confidentiality.

* 1. Which MWIA region do you live and work in? (http://mwia.net/about/members)

* 2. What is your age?

* 3. What is your marital status?

* 4. Do you have children?

* 5. What is your career grade and specialty? Tick as many boxes as apply.

* 6. How would you assess your job satisfaction?

* 7. Do you have direct experience of the application of gender medicine in your clinical practice? Tick whichever apply.

* 8. Do you feel that you have ever been discriminated against in your career because you are a woman?

* 9. Have you ever suffered from sexual harassment or bullying?

* 10. Have you ever suffered from any illness related to your work? Tick whichever apply.

* 11. Have you ever suffered from blackmail or extortion for career progression?

* 12. Regarding maternity and parental leave in your country: Tick whichever apply

* 13. Have you ever taken maternity and/or parental leave? Tick whichever apply

* 14. Is it possible to work part-time for one year or more following return to work after having a child, without detriment to your career?

* 15. What sort of childcare did you use? Tick whichever apply

* 16. How did you hear about MWIA?

* 17. What are MWIA's strengths? Tick whichever apply

* 18. What issues are most important for MWIA to address? Please tick your top 5

* 19. Are you interested in being a mentor or do you have experience in mentoring? Tick whichever apply.

* 20. How would you like MWIA to communicate with you? Tick as many as apply

* 21. Would you like to be more actively involved in MWIA?

* 22. If you are aged 40 or under, are you interested in becoming involved in the young MWIA forum (yMWIA)?

* 23. If you are aged 40 or under, how often would you like yMWIA to communicate with you?

* 24. If you are aged 40 or under (tick whichever apply)

* 25. All information provided will be treated with the strictest confidentiality.
I understand that my data will be part of the statistical analysis of responses to the survey and results may be published in the future

The purpose of this survey is to gather data to help MWIA better serve its members. Names are not required, and all information provided will be treated with the strictest confidentiality.

* 1. Which MWIA region do you live and work in? (http://mwia.net/about/members)

* 2. What is your age?

* 3. What is your marital status?

* 4. Do you have children?

* 5. What is your career grade and specialty? Tick as many boxes as apply.

* 6. How would you assess your job satisfaction?

* 7. Do you have direct experience of the application of gender medicine in your clinical practice? Tick whichever apply.

* 8. Do you feel that you have ever been discriminated against in your career because you are a woman?

* 9. Have you ever suffered from sexual harassment or bullying?

* 10. Have you ever suffered from any illness related to your work? Tick whichever apply.

* 11. Have you ever suffered from blackmail or extortion for career progression?

* 12. Regarding maternity and parental leave in your country: Tick whichever apply

* 13. Have you ever taken maternity and/or parental leave? Tick whichever apply

* 14. Is it possible to work part-time for one year or more following return to work after having a child, without detriment to your career?

* 15. What sort of childcare did you use? Tick whichever apply

* 16. How did you hear about MWIA?

* 17. What are MWIA's strengths? Tick whichever apply

* 18. What issues are most important for MWIA to address? Please tick your top 5

* 19. Are you interested in being a mentor or do you have experience in mentoring? Tick whichever apply.

* 20. How would you like MWIA to communicate with you? Tick as many as apply

* 21. Would you like to be more actively involved in MWIA?

* 22. If you are aged 40 or under, are you interested in becoming involved in the young MWIA forum (yMWIA)?

* 23. If you are aged 40 or under, how often would you like yMWIA to communicate with you?

* 24. If you are aged 40 or under (tick whichever apply)

* 25. All information provided will be treated with the strictest confidentiality. I understand that my data will be part of the statistical analysis of responses to the survey and results may be published in the future

* 25. All information provided will be treated with the strictest confidentiality.
I understand that my data will be part of the statistical analysis of responses to the survey and results may be published in the future