Welcome to the International Women's and Children's Health and Gender Group (InWomen)
Mission Statement:
The International Women's and Children's Health and Gender (InWomen’s) Group, Chaired by Dr. Wendee Wechsberg of RTI International, is a multidisciplinary forum addressing all aspects of substance use among women, children, and youth.
Our Goals are to:
- Share new and significant findings about the consequences of substance use, abuse, and risk behaviors
- Identify and promote innovative research that helps to empower women across the lifespan
- Foster gender-based analyses in research
- Raise awareness about the need for sensitivity in research to family, culture, sexual orientation, and equity within an international context
- Promote the benefits of prevention, intervention, and treatment
- Forge new collaborations and develop research agendas
- Maintain an updated annotated bibliography entitled Key Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Articles Focused on Women’s Issues from Around the World (
- Maintain an active blog at .
Revised by InWomen Committee, May 13, 2015
Herstory:
The InWomen’s Group began meeting virtually and in person in 2007 and now consists of more than 200 members from over 40 countries worldwide. In 2008 and 2009, the InWomen’s network sponsored a series of symposia as part of the NIDA International Forum. Since 2010, InWomen’s has been hosting its own satellite conference at the College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) annual meeting (http://tinyurl.com/InWConfAgendas). In 2012, selected presenters from the 2011 conference were invited to contribute to a special section of the Journal of Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation (Vol. 3, Suppl. 1, http://tinyurl.com/2012InWomenSuppl).
There are now over 200 members from 41countries:
The 8th Annual InWomen’s Conference will convene on Friday, June 12, 2015, just prior to the 2015 NIDA International Forum, at the Arizona Biltmore, Phoenix, Arizona. You can learn more about the meeting at: https://inwomenhealth.wordpress.com/
Countries Represented by InWomen’s Members
Australia
Austria
Brazil
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Côte d’Ivoire
Czech Republic
Georgia
Germany
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Jamaica
Kenya
Lithuania
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Mexico
Malaysia
Myanmar
New Zealand
Nigeria
Peru
Romania
Russian Federation
Saint Lucia
Saudi Arabia
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Thailand
Ukraine
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela
Vietnam
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We welcome new members at all times. Please email the chair of the group, Dr. Wendee Wechsberg at wmw@rti.org for information.
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