International Women’s Day 2026

  • Women’s health innovation needs infrastructure, not just investment

    By Pramila Srinivasan, Ph.D., CEO, CharmHealth In the lead up to International Women’s Day 2026, women’s health leaders, experts and insiders explore the critical challenges shaping the future of women’s health For generations, women’s health was relegated to the margins of medical research, funding, and systems design. Today, it is becoming a market force. Recent [...]

  • Time off for fertility treatment: A necessity, not a work perk

    By Dr Mireia Galian, Medical Director at IVI London In the lead up to International Women’s Day 2026, women’s health leaders, experts and insiders explore the critical challenges shaping the future of women’s health In IVF treatment, timing is essential. Before treatment begins, patients undergo an initial evaluation to assess the uterus and ovarian reserve. [...]

  • Why women’s trauma research is entering a new era

    By Dr Yifat Reuveni, Head of Research Department, NATAL In the lead up to International Women’s Day 2026, women’s health leaders, experts and insiders explore the critical challenges shaping the future of women’s health Trauma is not new in women’s lives. What’s changing is how visible it has become, and how measurable, scalable, and technologically [...]

  • Why lung cancer belongs in the women’s health conversation

    By Joanna Nathan, co-founder & CEO, Prana Surgical In the lead up to International Women’s Day 2026, women’s health leaders, experts and insiders explore the critical challenges shaping the future of women’s health Cancer mortality in the United States has steadily declined for more than three decades, with millions of lives saved through [...]

  • International Women’s Day: A call to transform maternal care

    By Zhenya Lindgardt, president and CEO, Sera Prognostics In the lead up to International Women’s Day 2026, women’s health leaders, experts and insiders explore the critical challenges shaping the future of women’s health Each year, International Women’s Day serves as a powerful reminder to celebrate the progress we’ve made in women’s health, while addressing the [...]

  • How AI is shaping the future of women’s health

    By Sayeh Radpay, president, HumanisRx In the lead up to International Women’s Day 2026, women’s health leaders, experts and insiders explore the critical challenges shaping the future of women’s health Maria, 55, suffers from depression, type-2 diabetes, an elevated risk of heart disease, and chronic pain. She has three different doctors and has been trying [...]

  • From access barriers to inclusive design: Redesigning trials for women

    By Dr Anita Phung, BSc (Hons) MBBS MRCP MRCGP, research physician and medical monitor, Lindus Health In the lead up to International Women’s Day 2026, women’s health leaders, experts and insiders explore the critical challenges shaping the future of women’s health This International Women's Day, it's worth asking a blunt question: why does endometriosis, a [...]

  • Why women’s brain health is the key infrastructure of equality

    By Dr Emilė Radytė, CEO and co-founder, Samphire Neuroscience In the lead up to International Women’s Day 2026, women’s health leaders, experts and insiders explore the critical challenges shaping the future of women’s health International Women’s Day 2026 centres on a simple idea: Give To Gain. In women’s health, one of the most overlooked opportunities [...]

  • The missing layer in the women’s health conversation

    By Jenny Duan, co-founder of Clair Health In the lead up to International Women’s Day 2026, women’s health leaders, experts and insiders explore the critical challenges shaping the future of women’s health “When was your last period?” For many women, that’s the first, and often only, hormone-related question asked during a doctor’s visit. [...]