An updated picture of female docters’ life and work in The Netherlands 30-5-2019 www.lad.nl | FEMS conference Napels

Results of the survey Number of respondents: 239 Ages: - 36: 86 36 – 49: 86 50 – 60: 48 60+: 19 In your work, have you or did you ever feel being discriminated, as a female doctor? Never: 98 Yes, by colleagues: 50 Yes, by supervisors: 85 Yes, by patients: 90 30-5-2019 www.lad.nl | FEMS conference Napels

Results of the survey What is your opinion about work-life balance in your work organization? Fully satisfied 35 Quite satisfied 119 Not satisfied at all 33 Partly satisfied, career affected 15 Partly satisfied, family life affected 37 What would you improve in your work, for a better work-life balance? Nothing 39 Remuneration 50 Access to carreer opportunities 36 Working time 98 Holidays and days off management 69 Professional recognition 52 More leadership 58 Other 35 (Often mentioned: lowering work load) 30-5-2019 www.lad.nl | FEMS conference Napels

Results of the survey Are you satisfied about your professional carreer? Yes, at all 115 Not at all 4 Yes, but I neglected my family life 53 No, but I preferred to dedicate more time to my family 47 No, I didn’t have fair opportunities since I am a woman 19 Is there a fair involvement of women doctors for management roles? Not at all 13 No, at the moment but there is growing attention 38 Yes, there is enough involvement 113 Yes, but in practice there are te few women in leadership 75 In your Country, is there any law or collective agreement that is, in your opinion, women or family oriented? No 114 30-5-2019 www.lad.nl | FEMS conference Napels

Results of the survey Some remarkable open responses: There are agreements in the CLA and legal rights, but often not known or not respected by the employer (mentioned several times) ‘Usually, women pay for the family life and the employer does not take this into account always’ ‘We need a change of culture to normalize working part time’ ‘In the past 40 years the attitude towards women has improved a lot. Men never were my opponents. Women, however, were.’ Different treatment between men and women because of pregnancy is often mentioned. Also the relative short period of leave in The Netherlands compared to other countries. 30-5-2019 www.lad.nl | FEMS conference Napels

The position of women in general The number of women is exceeding the number of men There are differences between specialisms The position of women is not really an issue. Discussion about work-life balance affects both men and women The most important point of attention is the number of women in leading positions 17-7-2019 www.lad.nl | FEMS conference Napels