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. 2024 Feb 27;9(1):e001323. doi: 10.1136/bmjophth-2023-001323

Table 1.

Award recipients per society

Continent Society name Years Number of woman award recipients/number of award recipients (%)
Africa Egyptian Ophthalmological Society 2013 3/12 (25.00%)
Asia Japanese Ophthalmological Society 2011–2021 10/60 (16.67%)
Asia Malaysian Society of Ophthalmology 2001–2020 3/13 (23.08%)
Asia Oculoplastics Association of India 2012–2018 8/17 (47.06%)
Asia Saudi Ophthalmological Society 2014–2016 2/9 (22.22%)
Asia Vitreo Retinal Society of India 2001–2019 3/30 (10.00%)
Asia Young Ophthalmologists Society of India 2019 0/1 (0.00%)
Europe Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis 1998–2018 0/6 (0.00%)
Europe Bulgarian Society of Ophthalmology 1996–1998 1/2 (50.00%)
Europe Deutschsprachige Gesellschaft fur Intraokularlinsen-Implantation und Refraktive Chirurgie 2009–2019 1/1 (9.09%)
Europe Estonian Ophthalmological Society 2006–2021 16/26 (61.54%)
Europe European Board of Ophthalmology 2011–2021 5/16 (31.25%)
Europe European Contact Lens Society of Ophthalmologists 1983–2018 3/19 (15.79%)
Europe European Pediatric Ophthalmological Society 2003–2020 44/58 (75.86%)
Europe European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons 2012–2020 1/10 (10.00%)
Europe European Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 1993–2021 7/20 (35.00%)
Europe European Society of Retina Specialists 2019–2021 0/6 (0.00%)
Europe International Society for Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision 1996–2020 20/68 (29.41%)
Europe Italian Ophthalmological Society 2005–2020 39/57 (68.42%)
Europe Netherlands Ophthalmological Society 1983–2021 7/36 (19.44%)
Europe World Glaucoma Association 2009–2021 1/3 (3.03%)
North America American Academy of Ophthalmology 1992–2021 164/443 (37.02%)
North America American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 1974–2021 16/94 (17.02%)
North America American Ophthalmological Society 1922–2021 5/8 (5.75%)
North America American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 1975–2021 3/8 (3.75%)
North America American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 1970–2021 61/329 (18.54%)
North America American Society of Retina Specialists 1995–2021 11/63 (17.46%)
North America Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 1949–2021 43/302 (14.24%)
North America Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology 2018–2021 1/4 (25.00%)
North America Canadian Glaucoma Society 2013–2020 11/37 (29.73%)
North America Canadian Ophthalmological Society 1995–2021 55/181 (30.39%)
North America Chinese American Ophthalmological Society 1994–2021 9/37 (24.32%)
North America Cornea Society 1975–2020 8/60 (13.33%)
North America Eye Bank Association of America 1982–2021 2/4 (5.00%)
North America International Society for Eye Research 1982–2020 13/75 (17.33%)
North America Macula Society 1987–2020 33/164 (20.12%)