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May 2026 – Webinar EASE-GENDRO Webinar: The story of the SAGER guidelines
June 2024 – Discussion Launch of the SAGER Course on Researcher Academy – Roundtable
April 2024 Inclusive language in scientific publishing: Neurodiversity
March 2024 – Webinar Webinar: World Health Organization adopts SAGER A significant step to bridge the gender evidence gap A webinar was held on 4 March 2024 at which distinguished panelists Dr Janine Austin Clayton, Dr Ru-fong Joanne Cheng, MD, FACOG, and Dr Aluisio Barros, along with senior WHO officials promoted their official adoption of the SAGER Guidelines. The discussion will be moderated by Dr Richard Horton of The Lancet. View the recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfVP25_vdTs #SAGERguidelines #GlobalHealth #WHO #genderequality GENDRO.ORG European Association of Science Editors (EASE) Geneva Graduate Institute Gender & Health Hub Society for Women’s Health Research (SWHR) International Gender Champions
May 2023 – Online course Launch of the SAGER Guidelines nine-module online course A nine-module online certified course on the Sex and Gender Equity in Research (SAGER) Guidelines was launched over the summer of 2023. The course was developed by a partnership of GENDRO, Elsevier and EASE and is hosted on Researcher Academy. The course gives participants a thorough grounding in the principles of sex and gender in research. The nine modules are: Introduction to the SAGER Guidelines Course 1.0: Why sex and gender are important 2.0: What is the SAGER Guidelines? 3.1: SAGER recommendations 3.2: SAGER Checklist: A resource for editors and authors 4.1: Role of publishers 4.2: Concerns by editors and publishers 5.0: Uptake and implementation of the SAGER Guidelines SAGER Guidelines Course Assessment
October 2022 – Article, Guidelines The Sex and Gender Equity in Research (SAGER) guidelines: Implementation and checklist development The Sex and Gender Equity in Research (SAGER) guidelines, published in 2016, have been widely endorsed, but few scientific journals and organizations have incorporated them into formal editorial guidance and publication policies. To facilitate monitoring of and adherence to the SAGER guidelines in Lancet journals, their team carried out an informal pilot study and developed a checklist to enable rapid editorial checks, promote uptake of the guidelines by other editors and journals, and raise awareness among peer reviewers and authors. By using this checklist as part of manuscript assessment and peer-review processes, journal editors can support best reporting practices when considering sex and gender as variables, improving the generalizability of the research they publish.
August 2022 – Article Sex, Gender, and Diversity Analysis in Research Policies of Major Public Granting Agencies: A Global Review Preprint by Lillian Hunt and Londa Schiebinger – Sex, gender and diversity analysis of research policies of major public granting agencies: a global review. Subsequently published as A framework for sex, gender, and diversity analysis in research | Science’ - https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abp9775
January 2022 – Article Considerations of sex and gender dimensions by research ethics committees: a scoping review This review article examines the extent to which Research ethic Committees (RECs) can identify gender gaps in the early developments of the research protocol.
November 2021 – Article Fifth anniversary of the Sex And Gender Equity in Research (SAGER) guidelines: taking stock and looking ahead This article published in BMJ Global Health reflects on the barriers to uptake and implementation of the SAGER guidelines in its 5th anniversary year, and offers recommendations to overcome them
May 2021 – Training, Webinar EASE Member Webinar: Sex and gender considerations in research There is a growing recognition of the poor reporting of sex and gender dimensions of research in academic journals, resulting in gender knowledge gap. To address this, the EASE Gender Policy Committee developed the Sex and Gender Equity in Research (SAGER) guidelines, which has been adopted by a number of journals and publishers and translated in several other languages. This workshop, co-organised with GENDRO, presents the rationale for sex and gender considerations in research, provides an overview of the SAGER guidelines and offers concrete steps on how authors, reviewers and editors can improve gender reporting in scholarly research and publication. Speaker: Dr Shirin Heidari, President, GENDRO and Founding chair EASE Gender Policy Committee EASE Members - you can access the recording of this webinar in the Resource Library https://ease.org.uk/resources/ease-webinar-sex-and-gender-considerations-in-research-with-shirin-heidari/ Non-members - you can purchase the recording of this webinar from the EASE Shop https://ease.org.uk/product/ease-webinar-sex-and-gender-considerations-in-research/
August 2020 – Video Presentation of SAGER Guidelines to Gender Summit 2020 Presented by Shirin Heidari
January 2020 – Guidelines Translation of SAGER Guidelines into Vietnamese Translation of SAGER Guidelines into Vietnamese
November 2019 – Training Improving journal publishing practices and standards for increased research equity INASP training course in Uganda included SAGER and was written up as a Blog post
January 2019 – Guidelines Translation of SAGER Guidelines into Chinese Translation of SAGER Guidelines into Chinese
January 2019 – Guidelines Translation of SAGER Guidelines into Korean Translation of SAGER Guidelines into Korean
October 2018 – Article Sex and gender analysis for better science and health equity Comment article by Shirin Heidari and Vivienne Bachelet reinforcing their work with the EASE Gender Policy Committee, stating that gender equity in health can only be reached through gender responsive research and public health response. The Lancet, COMMENT| VOLUME 392, ISSUE 10157, P1500-1502
October 2018 – Powerpoint presentation Key considerations for peer reviewers: sex and gender reporting Presentation for Summer School: How to be a peer reviewer, University of Warwick, 10-14 September 2018 organized by PLOTINA project
October 2018 – Powerpoint presentation Sex and gender dimension in peer review: can you be SAGER? Presentation for Summer School: How to be a peer reviewer, University of Warwick, 10-14 September 2018 organized by PLOTINA project
September 2018 – Presentation The importance of diversity in peer review, Elsevier webinar To explore the role of diversity in the peer review process and to celebrate Peer Review Week 2018, Researcher Academy hosted a webinar with experts Shirin Heidari from EASE and Sanjana Balu from Sense about Science.
September 2018 – Session summary How can editors contribute to sex and gender equity in research? An interactive session on SAGER Guidelines was organized at EASE Conference on June 9. How can editors contribute to sex and gender equity in research: Interactive session organized by EASE Gender Policy Committee.
May 2018 – Article The gendered system of academic publishing Comment article in The Lancet, summarising current state of gender balance in publishing, and reporting outcomes of Gender Equality in Academic Publishing workshop in November, 2017 The Lancet COMMENT| VOLUME 391, ISSUE 10132, P1754-1756, MAY 05, 2018
May 2018 – Video TEDx Talks: Why Sex and Gender Matter in Research Shirin Heidari talks about how scientific research has turned a blind eye on gender blind research. She provides some fascinating examples about the harmful implications of this gender bias, shares some insights into medical research, and offers a path to change the paradigm towards unbiased research that can apply to all genders.
January 2018 – Translation Translation of SAGER Guidelines into Spanish and publication in the Journal Gaceta Sanitaria Translation of SAGER Guidelines into Spanish
November 2017 – Presentation Gender Equality in Academic Publishing: Challenges and Opportunities in Health Journals workshop GPC representation at the Gender Equality in Academic Publishing: Challenges and Opportunities in Health Journals workshop, at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
May 2017 – Poster Poster on SAGER Guidelines presented at the 5th Conference on Research Integrity This poster was accepted for presentation at the World Conference on Research Integrity held on held on May 28-31, 2017 in Amsterdam (The Netherlands).
January 2017 – Presentation Sex and Gender Equity in Research and Publication at the X Brasilian Conference of Epidemiology Leila Posenato Garcia had a communication on Sex and Gender Equity in Research and Publication at the X Brasilian Conference of Epidemiology. Presentation slides available here (Portugese language).
January 2017 – Guidelines Translation of the SAGER Guidelines into Portuguese Portuguese translation
November 2016 – Viewpoint Reporting Sex, Gender, or Both in Clinical Research? A viewpoint in JAMA Reporting Sex and Gender in clinical research, citing the SAGER Guidelines.
October 2016 – Article Why sex and gender matter in implementation research Article in BMC Medical research methodology, mention of SAGER Guidelines. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 16, N.1, P.1
July 2016 – Presentation SAGER Guidelines presentation – COMET Conference The SAGER Guidelines were presented at the 14 International COMET Conference on Communication, Medicine and Ethics in July 2016
June 2016 – Article Sex And Gender Equity in Research (SAGER): reporting guidelines as a framework of innovation for an equitable approach to gender medicine Sex and gender are important determinants of health and influence research findings in variety of ways, yet they are often overlooked and underreported. This oversight limits the generalisability of research findings and their applicability to clinical practice. The objective of this paper is to point out how journal editors can influence better reporting of sex and gender in research by establishing a methodological framework directly addressing vuthors of scientific publications, as well as referees, and indirectly affecting all the stakeholders in the research cycle, from funders to policy-makers and citizens. Such framework is represented by the Sex And Gender Equity in Research (SAGER) guidelines, developed by the European Association of Science Editors (EASE) to encourage a more systematic approach to the reporting of sex and gender in research across disciplines. The paper includes the rationale and basic principles of the SAGER guidelines.
March 2016 – Presentation Presentation of the SAGER Guidelines at the HEIRRI Conference EASE GPC was represented at the HEIRRI Conference in March 2016. Paola De Castro presented the SAGER guidelines.
March 2016 – Article Sex and Gender Equity in Research: rationale for the SAGER guidelines and recommended use This article including the SAGER guidelines was published in May 2016 in the Open Access BMC Research and Integrity Journal under the title Sex and Gender Equity in Research: rationale for the SAGER Guidelines and recommended use. Res Integr Peer Rev 1, 2 (2016)
February 2016 – Editorial Addressing sex and gender inequities in scientific research and publishing An editorial entitled Addressing sex and gender inequities in scientific research and publishing was published in Addiction Journal. Volume111, Issue8, Pages 1323-1325 Aug 2016
January 2016 – Editorial An editorial of SAGER Guidelines An editorial of SAGER guidelines in Spanish was published by Manuel Huamán-Guerrero and GPC Peruvian member Jhony Alberto De LA Cruz Vargas on the Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana de la Univesidad Ricardo Palma.
January 2016 – Editorial The Full Picture! Improved Reporting on Sex and Gender, Age, Class and Ethnicity. Editorial by Kerstin Stenius on SAGER published in the Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. 33.4.
March 2015 – Presentation Presentation of SAGER initiative to the 6th World Conference on Women’s Mental Health The Gender Policy Group presented the results of their work at the 6th World Conference on Women’s Mental Health from 22-26 March 2015. The document describing the development of Guidelines on Sex and Gender Equity in Research is available for download. see 'read more' .