This Working Document is a work-in-progress, and will continue to be informed by members of WONCA, by emerging international literature and by the ongoing research being undertaken by the WONCA Working Party on Women and Family Medicine, such as the needs assessment questionnaire and the survey of the member organizations of WONCA.

This Working Document includes:

• The Beijing Platform for Action

• The WONCA Women's Leadership Symposium

• The International Women in Family Medicine Survey - needs assessment questionnaire with preliminary results from 13 countries

• The executive summary of the Literature Review/Monograph that covers six separate topic areas. Each chapter contains a summary of the literature on the topic area and an inventory of each of the research articles reviewed.

The purpose of the monograph and ongoing research undertaken by the working party is to provide evidence to support initiatives and strategies undertaken by WONCA and by the working party itself. All these documents will inform our planning process.