Table 4.

Interventions suggested by interviewees to support women's participation in medical leadership roles

Who	What can they do?
Individuals	Recognise unconscious gender biases
	Serve as a peer support, role model or mentor for aspiring leaders
	Support and encourage women through periods of maternity leave and childrearing responsibilities
	Promote women for consideration for leadership roles
	Model good behaviour through recognition of and respect for female leaders
Organisations eg, hospitals	Provide flexible and family-friendly working hours
	Establish a female leadership group to offer peer support
	Create part-time leadership roles
	Be explicit and transparent about opportunities to apply for leadership roles
	Provide appropriate continuing education allowances and educational opportunities to part-time staff
Professional organisations eg, colleges	Improve reporting and consideration of gender issues at board level
	Help to connect women with female leaders and mentors
	Help to develop training and career pathways that dovetail with parenting and other caring responsibilities
	Encourage women to consider opportunities they may not have thought about
	Advocate for gender equity in wider social policy debates (eg, pay equity, access to education and childcare)