Women are under-represented throughout the medical academic world: There is a significant gender gap in editorial boards and authorships of scientific medical journals, in boards of medical societies, and as speakers and award winners at medical conferences.1–3 Why is this a problem? Not only is it a question of equality and fairness at the workplace, but also relevant for patient care and team performance: Women internists were found to have lower mortality and readmission rates compared with their men colleagues.4 Additionally, gender diversity proved to be an important factor for the development, process and outcomes of scientific teams. Evidence on gender distribution in editorial boards and authorships of academic palliative care journals and in palliative care societies are scarce. In cancer palliative care, gender distribution was found to be more balanced with 50% of women first and 39% last authors.5 However, the number of women physicians was only 14% in first and 8% in last authors indicating more diverse, interprofessional research teams.5 In palliative care, working in interprofessional teams is common. Accordingly, different and more diverse professional groups …