News & Views ‘Possible’: The WHO joins UN partners for new series on women’s health and gender equality What would a truely global agenda on women’s health and gender equity look like? It’s a future that’s possible says The WHO.
News & Views Tokophobia: There’s hope for those experiencing a severe fear of childbirth It’s difficult to know how many women are affected by tokophobia, especially considering many of them avoid pregnancy.
Women's Health News Finding balance is touch during Covid. This is how Mathuri Santhi-Morgan makes it work. Mathuri Santhi-Morgan shares how she keeps her health in check and finds balance during this time of uncertainty.
News & Views Being compared to a male left me with chronic health issues. This is what I want other women to know When it comes to our health system, medical research and how our practitioners approach patients, there’s a gaping gender gap.
Health There’s a massive inventor gender gap and women’s health is suffering as a result There’s long been a stubborn inventor gender gap at play and that gap has and is continuing to significantly hamper women’s health.
Women's Health News The entrepreneurial women transforming the breastfeeding experience How can we further improve the breastfeeding experience for new mothers? Let’s start by asking the women who know about it.
News & Views How the Happy Boxes Project is empowering young women in remote communities It’s hard to believe that in 2021, there are women in Australia who don’t have access to basic toiletries, writes Alley Pascoe.
News & Views Australian health authorities recommend pregnant women receive Pfizer vaccine Health authorities now recommend that women at any stage of pregnancy are routinely offered the Pfizer vaccine to protect against COVID-19.
Business Multi-billion dollar women’s health company launches, with Nirelle Tolstoshev at the helm in Australia Organon’s will be the largest health company of its size dedicated to women’s health globally. And will focus on R&D aiming to advance women.
News & Views Too many healthy women are having their labour induced for no identified medical reason, our study shows Induction of labour can be life-saving in some situations. But women are increasingly induced for non-medical reasons, and earlier in their pregnancies.
News & Views After the bloodshed but bleeding dry: lives and health under occupation in Gaza Insaf is a 43-year-old woman living in Gaza, a Palestinian refugee from Aljourah. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2016.
News & Views ‘Policies are being written about us, without us’: Why we need an intersectional lens on women’s health More work needs to be done to ensure that adequate funding is allocated to all underserved areas of women’s health.