Gender equity in Healthcare Sector. image from google A medical school comprises of one-third of the male population. Rest of the seats are all occupied by the females. If you are a medical student, you’ll relate with me. Girls are in majority, in every healthcare profession including but not limiting to Physicians, Dentists, Physiotherapists, Occupational therapists, Psychologists, nurses. But how often do you see a female surgeon? Or a female medical superintendent? As per the population, a team of doctors must include 7 female doctors out of 10 members. But this isn’t what happens. More females are graduating every year from a medical school but how many of them are employed by the health care systems? Except for the nursing profession which has a majority of female employees in India, other branches of medicine lack female workers especially in head roles. According to a study by WHO, 70% of the women make up the health work force but only 25% are on senior positions