Understand: How are students affected by gender discrimination and inequalities?

©Photo by Trevor Snapp courtesy of IntraHealth International. Auxilliary nurse midwife training in Hazaribagh District, India in 2011. © Photo by Heather Ross courtesy of IntraHealth International. Kamuli School of Nursing and Midwifery practical class, 2014. © Photo by Carol Bales courtesy of IntraHealth International. Male nursing student at the Kintampo College of Health in Kintampo, Ghana, March 2014. © Photo by Samuel Boland, courtesy of Photoshare, 2011. A student in Juba, South Sudan takes notes as a physician explains how to assess a patient.

Gender discrimination and inequalities can affect any phase of a health professional student’s academic life cycle. Click on the different phases of a student’s academic life cycle to learn about examples and effects of gender discrimination:

Career selection

Admission and entry

Course participation and completion

Deployment and retention

Career paths

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