title: Gender gap and Indian Academy of Pediatrics: still a long way to go!
abstract: We conducted this study to document the female participation in the administrative and academic affairs of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP). Of 45 IAP Presidents till date, 7 (15.6%) were women. Females comprised 6% (2/31), 8.8% (3/31), 5.4% (2/37), and 2.3% (1/44) of IAP executive board members in 1990, 1995, 2000, and 2005, respectively. Only once (out of 10), a woman was appointed as the Editor-in-Chief of Indian Pediatrics; of 4 Editor-in-chiefs of IJPP till date, none was a female. Of 181 heads of the department of Pediatrics at different medical colleges, 58 (32%) are women. Overall female authorship in articles published in Indian Pediatrics has increased from 23.1% (133/576) in 1990 to 43% (154/358) in 2005 (P < 0.001). We conclude that there is a definite increase in the female participation in academic matters of IAP; however, the gender gap is persisting in the administrative domain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi 110 095, India. poojadewan@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Pooja
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dewan
authors.forename: Piyush
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Panna
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Choudhury
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes / Q000458:organization & administration*; D032802:Committee Membership; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012744:Sex Ratio