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醫療保健挑戰 — 新的轉折
你聽說過傑出女性創辦人夏季學校嗎？這是由百靈佳殷格翰奧地利分公司推動的培訓計畫，旨在為傑出女性人才提供應對醫療保健挑戰所需要的技能和知識。這項綜合教育計畫由八位備受推崇的學界與業界夥伴合作實施。為期三週的線上課程包含需求導向的創新、設計思考、商業模式創新，以及利益關係人管理等主題。與會者將會受邀至奧地利維也納進行為期一週的深入小組培訓，百靈佳殷格翰將提供導師對她們接下來的任務進行補充說明。
Peter Bencsik 解釋道：「我們意識到此類培訓有相當大的需求，女性賦權也是百靈佳殷格翰重要的主題之一。我們收到來自50多個國家、逾230份申請。經過仔細篩選，我們在線培訓100名參與者，還邀請80多名參與者前往維也納，與其他女性新創企業創辦人和傑出女性領導者進一步認識、互動，建立強健的支持網絡。」
超過80名視障和視力受損女性與婦產科醫師及診所合作進行乳癌檢查。MMH德國分會的Discovering Hands計畫，發揮她們獨特的觸覺技能，能夠檢測到最微小的異常情況。
Karen Edelmann-Stergiou，醫學博士，獸醫，百靈佳殷格翰全球醫藥品質稽核部門（QMS與法規）
與社會企業家合作，是一個讓我能發展自己變革者技能的獨特機會。
由性別視角探討心理健康議題
「身為女人，哪些經歷曾對您的心理健康產生影響？」
去年秋天，由智利的阿育王Ashoka研究員Nerea de Ugarte 領導的「女性大聲說 Women Out Loud (Mujeres en Voz Alta)」活動讓全球的西班牙語系女性有機會討論這個問題。這個倡議活動的目標是證明個人經歷對女性心理健康造成的影響，不僅是個人層面的問題，還是結構性的問題。
Nerea希望透過更多女性分享她們的故事，來更深入了解影響女性情緒與心理健康的社會因素。來自超過13個國家的300多份陳述被分享在虛擬白板上，供所有人參觀。閱讀這些故事的初次感受令人震撼，因為這些經驗跨越了好幾代人，其中包括虐待、缺乏安全居所、職場騷擾等。然而，這些可怕的經歷累積起來，卻成為了根本性變革的優秀起點。
一個學習社群正在制定一份宣言，強調他們的研究發現並呼籲大家採取行動。召集人希望可以建立新機制，以集體的方式解決問題，並期待這個機制可以推動具體的政策改革，共同制定政府的預防機制。目前，此計畫僅在西班牙語區域實施，但具有在其他地區複製的潛力，以推動全球對如何更有效應對女性心理健康議題的重新構思。
1,285人參與了由百靈佳殷格翰與三個非政府組織合作規劃、辦理的急救培訓課程。在為期兩天的培訓中，參與者學習了治療燒傷、動物咬傷、發現發炎跡象，以及如何幫助他人維持健康的技能。
2,377 名年輕女性及母親參與了心理健康培訓，其中包含預防自殺的知識。培訓課程結了烹飪課程，講師在課堂中分享飲食習慣建議、營養和衛教知識，讓參與者在一個安全且值得信賴的環境中學習。
5,040名女性和男性分別參加了兩個獨立但相關的培訓課程。這些課程涵蓋了性健康、生殖健康、衛生教育、毒品和酗酒等議題。She4Him和Him4Her培訓課程採取了綜合的方法，讓男性和女性彼此學習，以平等的角度思考各自面臨的挑戰，進而促進良好的健康狀態。
SHORT BITES FROM AROUND THE GLOBE
HEALTHCARE CHALLENGES – NEW TWISTS
Have you heard of the Top Female Founders Summer School? It is a Boehringer Ingelheim Austria driven training program to empower and equip top female talents with the necessary skills and knowledge needed to address healthcare challenges. The comprehensive education program is run by eight esteemed academic and industry partners. A three-week online phase covers needs-led innovation, design thinking, business model innovation, and stakeholder management. The participants are invited to Vienna for a week of in-depth group work, involving Boehringer Ingelheim mentors to complement their assignments.
“We recognized that there is a significant demand for such trainings, and female empowerment is an important topic at our company. We received more than 230 applications from 50+ countries. After careful selection, we trained 100 participants online, as well as 80+ learners who were invited to Vienna to connect with fellow female start-up founders and accomplished women leaders, establishing a strong support network.”, explains Peter Bencsik.
MORE THAN 80 blind and visually impaired women conduct breast cancer examinations together with gynaecologists and clinics. Discovering Hands, a German MMH Fellowship, leverages their unique tactile skills, capable of detecting even the smallest abnormalities.
Dr. med. vet. Karen Edelmann-Stergiou, Global Quality Medicine (QMS & Compliance), Boehringer Ingelheim
“WORKING WITH A SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR HAS BEEN A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO DEVELOP MY OWN CHANGEMAKER SKILLS.”
A GENDER PERSPECTIVE ON MENTAL HEALTH
“AS A WOMAN, WHAT EXPERIENCES HAVE LEFT A MARK ON YOUR MENTAL HEALTH?”
Spanish-speaking women around the world were asked this question in the fall of last year during the Women Out Loud (Mujeres en Voz Alta) campaign, a project led by Ashoka Fellow Nerea de Ugarte from Chile. The goal of the campaign was to demonstrate that personal experiences and the subsequent effects on women’s mental health are not only an individual, but also a structural problem.
Nerea wanted women to share their stories to better understand the social factors impacting their emotional well-being and mental health. More than 300 statements were shared from over 13 countries and the results were displayed on a virtual whiteboard, accessible to all. A look at them initially leaves the reader surprised: their experiences tell of abuse over generations, the absence of safe places, harassment in the workplace, and much more. But it is precisely because of this frightening accummulation that they serve as an excellent starting point for making fundamental changes.
A learning community is now working on creating a manifesto to highlight their findings with a call to action. Ultimately, the initiators hope to create new mechanisms for collective problem-solving and see that these drive a tangible policy change and co-create government interventions. The project is currently limited to the Spanish-speaking world, but has potential for replication in other regions, catalyzing a global reframing around how we could better approach women’s mental health.
1,285 participants were trained in First Aid through Boehringer Ingelheim colleagues in close collaboration with three local NGO partners. Over two days, community members learned how to treat burns, animal bites, discover inflammations, or how to place people in the recovery position.
2,377 young women and mothers participated in mental health sessions, including suicide prevention. These sessions were run in combination with cooking classes, where sharing about eating habits, nutrition, and hygiene established a safe and trustful environment.
5,040 women and men participated in individual but interlinked health trainings. The focus was on sexual and reproductive health, hygiene, and drug and alcohol abuse. The She4Him and Him4Her trainings are an integrated approach: good health for men and women is only possible if both genders learn from each other and their individual challenges are equally considered.