GENDER BARRIERS IN POLICY AND REGULATION
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Keywords
Women, pregnancy, advocacy, policy barriers, government, research
Abstract
The Society for Women’s Health Research (SWHR) has been a driving force in the U.S. for ensuring that biomedical research is conducted on women and for raising awareness about the biological and physiological differences between men and women. SWHR is a Washington, DC-based patient/research advocacy organization that has successfully advocated for the inclusion of women in clinical trials for more than two decades. It has lobbied successfully for research into women’s health and sex differences and continues to recommend a number of actions to government, lawmakers and organizations as part of a comprehensive effort to transform science and improve the quality of medical care.
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