August 4, 2021 You are here: Home / Policy / Health / Women in leadership: the elusive victory against gender disparity in medicine Women in leadership: the elusive victory against gender disparity in medicine (Credit: Unsplash) This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. Luiza Vieira Marconi, a twenty-year-old and currently a third year medical student at the Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde de Barretos, in the city of Barretos/São Paulo – Brazil. She is affiliated with the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), cordial partner of The Sting. The opinions expressed in this piece belong strictly to the writer and do not necessarily reflect IFMSA’s view on the topic, nor The European Sting’s one.