Women’s Xchange offers a Sex and Gender Research Support Service (SGRS) to assist any level of researcher with their proposals and projects. The SGRS offers guidance and expertise to researchers on the integration of a sex and gender lens in their studies.

How the SGRS can help

• Initial Consultation of Research Proposal
  • Relevance of sex & gender to research topic
  • Apply a sex & gender lens to primary research question(s)
  • Consider methods to explore sex & gender differences
• Map the Landscape
  • Review subject specific literature through a sex & gender lens
  • Produce thematic overview report of findings
  • Query team’s existing data for sex & gender relevance
• Enhance Design and Data Collection
  • Direction on integrating sex & gender in research question(s)
  • Enhance design and method with a sex & gender lens
  • Review and enhance existing tools and measures for capturing sex & gender data
• Elevate Sex & Gender in Analysis and Reporting
  • Ensure data analysis and reporting incorporate sex & gender variables
  • Review sex and gender findings in results, tables, figures, and discussion
• Customized Strategies for Dissemination
  • Tailor dissemination to specific populations and stakeholders

The result: Better research, better science, and healthier communities.

Sex and Gender Research Support Service Documents

• For information regarding the SGRS process: How it Works
• To learn more about the available service options: Service Options
• To access the SGRS please contact Project Lead Amy Clare.
• Fill out the Services Agreement