Women in Lymphoma (WiL) is a global collaborative alliance of approximately 1,200 lymphoma clinicians, researchers and educators from 70+ countries. The alliance's core mission is to advocate for leadership for women in lymphoma. WiL is led by a Steering Committee of 25 women from 11 countries.
Women in Lymphoma is very grateful for the enabling support of Lymphoma Australia www.lymphoma.org.au Lymphoma Australia is the only not-for-profit charity in Australia dedicated to patients with lymphoma, the sixth most common cancer. With more than 100 different subtypes of Lymphoma, both diagnosis and treatment options can be confusing. Lymphoma Australia - in conjunction with their medical advisory board - helps patients and their families to understand their diagnosis and treatment options, by providing information packs to patients and hospitals and hosting education days and webinars to help people better understand Lymphoma.
Women in medicine often struggle with being overlooked for opportunities and positions, beat out by male colleagues. Part of the problem is gender bias (overt or unconscious) on the part of leaders, but in addition, women are socialised from an early age to behave in ways that make them less likely to seek advancement.
What can we do about this? In the book titled, “Between Grit and Grace”, author Sasha Shillcutt, MD discusses the “silent pick me” syndrome. “As women, we often stay in the safe place of waiting to be picked, wishing for permission to step forward.” Data suggest that men tend to put themselves forward for career advancing opportunities more often than women, even when less qualified.
Here are two challenges:
1) Junior and mid-career women: put your hands up! Believe in yourself, stretch yourself with new opportunities, and
2) Mid- and late-career women: sponsor junior colleagues, and encourage male sponsors to do likewise! Recommend women to society committees, positions within your institution, collaborations, etc.
What can you do right now to move yourself or a colleague forward? Together we will go far!
Where there's a WiL, there's a way.
Please contact wil@lymphoma.com.au to join WiL's membership distribution list and receive updates on WiL's educational webinars, newsletters and other news and events.
Co-Chair 2023/24 - Carla Casulo 🇺🇸
Co-Chair 2024/25- Florence Broussais 🇫🇷
Immed. Past Chair - Ann LaCasce 🇺🇸
Secretary - Paola Ghione 🇺🇸
Maia Ananiashvilli 🇬🇪
Adalgisa Condoluci 🇺🇸
Jennifer Crombie 🇺🇸
Kate Cwynarski 🇬🇧
Natalie Grover 🇺🇸
Eliza Hawkes 🇦🇺
Laura Hilton 🇨🇦
Laura Korin 🇦🇷
Katharine Lewis 🇦🇺
Kim Linton 🇬🇧
Carolina Mahuad 🇦🇷
Wendy Osborne 🇬🇧
Astrid Pavlovsky 🇦🇷
Michelle Poon 🇸🇬
Sabrina Ranero 🇺🇾
Clémentine Sarkozy 🇫🇷
Laurie Sehn 🇨🇦
Sonali Smith 🇺🇸
Anna Sureda 🇪🇸
Judith Trotman 🇦🇺
Meng Wu 🇨🇳
The WiL Change Champions Committee (CCC) comprises a number of female WiL Steering Committee (SC) members and invited international male lymphoma leaders with a demonstrated commitment to gender equality. The CCC supports the WiL SC in initiatives to overcome the gender gap and improve gender diversity in the global lymphoma community to advance innovation, international collaboration and ultimately the quality of research and patient care.
The Change Champions committee upholds WiL’s Vision, Mission and Expected Outcomes by encouraging mentoring, education, networking and engagement for and with women in lymphoma around the world as well as information sharing via newsletters, webinars and WiL’s website.
The Change Champions Committee will strive to support WiL to significantly improve proportionate representation of women across all levels of lymphoma practice, research and education.
WiL CHANGE CHAMPIONS COMMITTEE
A/Prof Carla Casulo (USA)
Dr Kate Cwynarski (PhD, UK)
Dr Andrew Davies (UK)
Prof Jude Fitzgibbon (UK) Co-Chair Elect to Dec 2022 > Co-Chair Jan 2023 – Dec 2024
Dr Christopher R. Flowers (USA)
Dr Gareth Gregory (Australia)
A/Prof Eliza Hawkes (Australia) Co-Chair to Jan 2024
A/Prof Ann LaCasce (USA)
Dr Gilles Salles (USA)
Dr Christian Steidl (Canada)
Prof Judith Trotman (Australia)
Dr David M. Weinstock (USA) Co-Chair to Jan 2023
The WiL Change Champions Committee created a PANEL PLEDGE to encourage individuals to make their personal commitment to gender balance and inclusion in panels and presentations. The terms of the pledge are below.
Please download the Panel Commitment PDF document below, then sign, date and email to wil@lymphoma.org.au thank you. Alternatively, please send us an email and request a copy of this Panel Pledge.
Please share this pledge and also confirm if you are happy for us to add you to our public list of Change Champions. Thank you.
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