How to be a woman-anatomist in Ukraine

Abstract

At of the beginning of 2023, the departments of Anatomy and the departments of Clinical Anatomy (in some universities the name “Topographic Anatomy and Operative Surgery” is also used) were preserved in 7 universities. Only one department of Clinical Anatomy (14.3%) is headed by a woman, the departments of Anatomy in these universities are run by two women (28.6%). As for universities with departments of Anatomy / Clinical Anatomy, the situation here is completely different: 70 % of their heads are women. If we observe the gender composition of lecturers, the part of women in the departments of Clinical Anatomy is 46.2 %, in the departments of Anatomy - 52.1%, in the Departments of Anatomy / Clinical Anatomy -66.7%.