WiSPP Metrics Project

In 2016 WiSPP collaborated with the five institutes to develop an agreed set of gender equity metrics and collected data from each institute. The data, routinely collected will enable our organisations to track progress over time and design targeted interventions.

Following a second round of data collection in 2019, we redeveloped our metrics framework to include all indicators we believe are critical to measure the barriers and enablers for career progression in medical research. We considered the cycle of career progression and conceptualised the virtuous/vicious cycle. We recognised that careers tend to progress through iterations, in which Opportunities lead to Achievements which lead to Recognition, which leads to further Opportunities.