Through the scope, not the ceiling: Gender distribution among endoscopy sessions at the German Visceral Medicine Congress.

Endosc Int Open · 2026 · PMC13062676 · PMID 41970669

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This upward shift continued, with women comprising 37% of speakers (38/103) by 2024. By domain, plenary sessions showed a significant trend ( P < 0.001).

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Since then, notable progress towards achieving gender parity has been made, with a positive trend being indicative of effectiveness of current DEI measures.

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