Russian-Norwegian workshop “Gender aspects of leadership”

The article provides information about the Russian-Norwegian workshop on gender aspects of leadership, which took place on September 10, 2019 at the North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov. The event was organized as part of an international grant program implemented by NWSMU named after I.I. Mechnikov together with the University of Oslo. The Norwegian side was represented by professor Jeannette Magnus, a well-known specialist in the field of management, who has extensive experience in teaching in various countries, including the USA. She highlighted the original approaches to leadership issues from the point of view of gender differences and drew attention to the existing gender discrimination in the appointment of women to leadership positions and its possible reasons. The Russian side was presented by the head of the Department of Family Medicine, professor O.Yu. Kuznetsova, who drew attention to the importance of the issue of equality of women and men in terms of implementing the agenda of goals for sustainable development adopted by the international community. The workshop was attended by representatives of the teaching staff and employees of several administrative departments of the university. The seminar aroused keen interest and demonstrated the importance of discussing such topics as was reflected in the answers to the questions of the questionnaire, which was proposed to the participants of this event.