TABLE 3.

Strategies to improve representation and professional advancement.

Individual	Institutional and organizational	Professional societies and editorial boards	Policy and oversight
Seeking mentors, sponsors, and allies	Incentivize and promote diversity in recruitment and foster inclusive culture	Promote and facilitate diversity and gender balance in societal activities	Policy and legal frameworks to support inclusive and equitable culture
Amplification through networking and social media	Programs to identify, acknowledge and address negative attitudes and stereotypes	Diverse and gender balanced panels and editorial boards	Incentivize diversity and recruitment and promotion
Utilizing digital and social media tools for peer promotion and self-promotion	Establish women leadership councils (WLC) and women resource groups (WRG)	Engage women and active sponsorship of women	Promote gender diversity in leadership ranks
Seeking education and training programs to navigate identity shifts with career advancement	Institutional training programs to increase the awareness and training on: - gender stereotyping - conscious and unconscious biases	Establish and sponsor women sections	Establish policies to promote gender neutral compensation structures and close gender-based wage gap
Seizing opportunities	Leadership development and career advancement programs geared toward women	Scholarships and coaching programs for women	Mandate salary equity reviews
Building peer support community and strategic partnerships	Structured programs and pathways for mentoring women
Acknowledging and addressing feelings of “Impostorism”	Promote work culture to facilitate work-life balance and/or Breadwinner-caregiver responsibilities
Resilience training	Active sponsorship of women and build diverse pipeline
Engaging with women sections in professional societies and organizations
Gaining agency