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In the last three years, women’s health has become more prominent within the global health space with momentum to close the costly $1 trillion gap. This year’s it was one of the World Health Summit’s six themes: Health Equity for Women, Children, and Youth: Ensuring Rights, Inclusion, and Participation. Leaving WHS2026, I can’t help bu...
Globally, an estimated 1.8 billion women, girls, and people menstruate. Yet despite the scale and universality of menstruation, menstrual health remains marginal within global health policy and financing architectures. Too often, it continues to be framed narrowly through product provision and hygiene management, rather than recognised as a sys...
The recent Women Deliver Conference 2026 in Melbourne marked an important moment for those working at the intersection of gender, health, and justice. With the launch of the Melbourne Declaration for Gender Equality and the Feminist Health Systems Charter, with the associated calls to Action, there is now a clearer path for what feminist health...
