Actualités sur Women

swissstaffing - Verband der Personaldienstleister der Schweiz

Temporary work comprehensively protects people in flexible working models against social risks

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Women's session in parliament: SNSF supports motion

Bern (ots) - At the women's session, taking place this week in Bern, research funding will be a topic of debate. A motion proposes to link third-party research funding to gender equality standards. Women are still significantly underrepresented in research: the share of women professors is currently 24 per cent; in research projects funded by the SNSF, women hold a 39 per cent share, spread across different career stages. ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Detecting microplastics in the environment

Bern (ots) - Geochemist Denise Mitrano has found a way to track how micro- and nanoplastic particles spread through the environment. For this work, she is receiving this year's Marie Heim-Vögtlin Prize from the Swiss National Science Foundation. Man-made plastic pollutes the environment. When broken down into micro- and nanoparticles, it poses an increasing problem not only for the oceans and their inhabitants, but also ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Quotas to promote gender equality in research

Bern (ots) - Gender equality is a prime concern of the Swiss National Science Foundation. To offer additional visibilty to women in academia, it is introducing gender quotas in its evaluation bodies with immediate effect. Political equality between men and women was achieved 50 years ago when women won the right to vote. But the underrepresentation of women in academic leadership roles continues: only 23 per cent of ...

TERRE DES FEMMES - Menschenrechte für die Frau e. V.

TERRE DES FEMMES breaks the silence about domestic violence during what is supposed to be the most peaceful time of the year

Berlin (ots) - TERRE DES FEMMES - Menschenrechte für die Frau e. V. opens the art exhibition "UNBREAK - take a closer look & break the cycle of domestic violence" (https://cloud.achtung.de/s/g7PanPkDDnf28pe ) in downtown Munich, together with the agencies thjnk and achtung! Mary, the artist Simon Berger, and the ...

Women's Board Award

Isabelle Welton wins Women's Board Award 2020

European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)

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ESMO supports women in South Africa to become autonomous workers

The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF)

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IOF: A fracture every 3 seconds worldwide - That's osteoporosis

The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF)

Don't Miss the Signs of a Breaking Spine, Warns IOF

KfW

Start-up moms: ambitious and with a firm eye on the family

Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - In 2016, one in six businesses was founded by mompreneurs - Personal services were the main focus - Start-ups as opportunity to balance work and family life Start-up activity in Germany has been on the decline for some 15 years now as a result of Germany's vibrant labour market. The number of business start-ups fell from 1.5 million in 2002 to 672,000 in 2017. The share of start-ups by women, ...

The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF)

Woman at serious risk for osteoporosis and life-threatening fractures

Nyon, Switzerland (ots) - On World Osteoporosis Day, October 20, the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) is calling for women to take action now to protect their bone health. Broken bones due to osteoporosis often result in pain, immobility and loss of quality of life as well as early death. In women over 45 years of age, osteoporosis accounts for more days ...

Zino Davidoff Group

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DAVIDOFF introduces the unique VELOCITY Lady collection of timepieces exclusively at Baselworld 2013 (PICTURE)

Helsinn Healthcare SA

Helsinn Group enters into a new partnership with Healthcare Businesswomen's Association (HBA)

Lugano, Switzerland (ots) - Helsinn Group has entered into a new partnership with Healthcare Businesswomen's Association (HBA). HBA is the premier catalyst for the leadership development of women, to further the advancement and impact of women in healthcare worldwide. HBA accomplishes this by providing educational opportunities to develop cutting-edge industry ...

Pevion Biotech AG

Pevion mandated patient survey confirms disease burden of recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis (RVVC) and indicates public health problem

Bern, Switzerland (ots) - - - Quality of Life (QoL) is strongly diminished in RVVC patients - Current available treatment fails in two thirds of patients - High medical need demands novel effective treatment options Pevion Biotech AG today announced results from a large, international survey on the Quality of Life ...

Pevion Biotech AG

Pevion's therapeutic Candida vaccine shows robust systemic and mucosal immunogenicity, while epidemiological survey confirms excellent market potential

Ittigen/Bern, Switzerland (ots) - Pevion Biotech AG today announced latest results from the ongoing clinical study of its therapeutic Candida vaccine PEV7, showing high levels of specific antibodies and a 100% mucosal immune response rate. The announcement further included the results of the largest, international ...

Pevion Biotech AG

Pevion´s breakthrough candida vaccine demonstrates safety and immunogenicity in Phase I clinical study

Ittigen, Berne (ots) - Pevion Biotech AG today announced positive preliminary results from a Phase I study of PEV7, the first vaccine against recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis (RVVC). Also known as chronic recurrent thrush, RVVC is a highly debilitating condition, which affects an estimated 3-6% of women ...

PregLem SA

PregLem announces positive phase III results for Esmya[TM]

Geneva (ots) - PEARL I trial meets primary efficacy and safety endpoints / PregLem preparing for submission to the European Medicines Agency in 2010 PregLem, the European specialty biopharmaceutical company focused on women's reproductive medicine, announces positive Phase III data from its second pivotal study (PEARL I) for its lead product Esmya (ulipristal acetate), as an effective treatment for uterine ...

WISeKey SA

WISeKey will provide Digital Certification Services to the Cecilia Attias Foundation

Geneva, Switzerland (ots) - WISeKey will be providing Digital Certification Services and use of the HighTrusted Platform to the Cecilia Attias Foundation for Women http://www.ceciliaattiasfoundation.org/home which provides concrete improvement in the lives of women worldwide by serving as a strategic, media, and financial platform for organizations that ...

Mammut Sports Group AG

85-year-old British lady is planning an expedition to Everest

Greenfield/UK (ots) - Mary Woodbridge, an 85-year-old British lady intends to climb Mount Everest with her dachshund Daisy. The name Mary Woodbridge has never been heard of in worldwide mountaineering circles. This will change immediately, when the expedition to the top of the world starts in spring this year. The extensive preparations are underway; further sponsors are required. It will be a very strenuous ...

Austrian Breast and Colorectal Cancer St

Zoledronic Acid Prevents Cancer Treatment-Induced Bone Loss in Breast Cancer Patients Treated with Hormone Therapy

San Antonio, Texas (ots) - - First Data from Large Trial in Premenopausal Women Show Strong Protective Effect Zoledronic acid prevents loss of bone mass caused by adjuvant treatment with an aromatase inhibitor or tamoxifen and the luteinising hormone-releasing hormone analog (LHRHa) goserelin ...

Austrian Breast and Colorectal Cancer St

Zoledronic Acid Prevents Cancer Treatment-Induced Bone Loss in Breast Cancer: Patients Treated with Hormone Therapy

San Antonio (ots) - - First Data from Large Trial in Premenopausal Women Show Strong Protective Effect Zoledronic acid prevents loss of bone mass caused by adjuvant treatment with an aromatase inhibitor or tamoxifen and the luteinising hormone-releasing hormone analog (LHRHa) goserelin ...

Orange Communications SA

Corporate Social Responsibility - Orange commits to fight against domestic violence

Lausanne (ots) - Orange Communications SA, Lausanne, is to support The Body Shop's "Stop domestic violence" campaign. For every used, but still fully functional, mobile telephone handed into any of the 37 Orange points of sale, Orange will donate CHF 10 in favour of women's shelters in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Used mobile phones can also be handed into any of ...