This summer, WUKA and triple Olympian Hannah Miley MBE are bringing their Period-Positive Pool Party to London Aquatics Centre with one clear mission: to prove that periods should never keep anyone out of the water

At a time when 84 per cent of teenage girls in the UK say their interest in sport declines after starting their period – and nearly 70 per cent report skipping sports or swimming due to menstruation – WUKA’s immersive community event is tackling one of the most overlooked barriers to girls’ participation head-on.

WUKA’s Period-Positive Pool Party was created as a safe, inclusive space for teens to swim on their periods with confidence.

Following a series of sold-out events across the UK, including Eastleigh and Stonehaven in Hannah Miley’s hometown of Aberdeen, the London-based Olympic venue is a result of growing demand from teens and parents seeking supportive, stigma-free spaces to stay active during menstruation.

Why This Matters?

For many young people – particularly those who are not ready to use tampons due to age, comfort, cultural reasons, or parental guidance – swimming during their period can feel inaccessible.

WUKA’s period swimwear offers an alternative designed to provide comfort, coverage, and confidence, helping ensure that periods don’t mean sitting on the sidelines.

The new one-hour London takeover combines swimming, education, and empowerment in one of the UK’s most iconic sporting venues.

Breaking The Stigma While Making A Splash

So much more than a product event, WUKA’s Period-Positive Pool Party is a fully immersive experience featuring a DJ-approved summer playlist, inflatable pool installations, and professional underwater photography capturing barrier-free swimming moments. Every teen will also receive a curated £80 wellness goodie bag, including free WUKA swimwear.

But more than anything, they’re about freedom, confidence, and belonging, ensuring the confidence to swim, period, or not, continues long after they leave the water.

Hannah Miley MBE says: “Being an athlete taught me that your cycle isn’t a weakness, it’s just something to manage.

“Partnering with WUKA for this Pool Party is about showing young swimmers that with the right support and the right kit, they don’t have to press pause on their lives or their sport because of their period.”

WUKA Founder Ruby Raut says: “This is about more than a pool party – it’s about changing what inclusion in sport actually looks like.

“Too many girls step back from swimming and physical activity because of period stigma or lack of options.

“Through community-led events like this, we’re breaking barriers, building confidence, and making sure no one feels excluded from sport because of their cycle.”

Saturday 30th May 2026 | 5–6pm | London Aquatics Centre

Want to join the pool party? Follow this link to buy your tickets

By Women’s HealthX

In recognition of World Maternal Mental Health Day, Women’s HealthX is placing a spotlight on one of the most urgent and under addressed areas in women’s health: maternal mental health and maternity care innovation.

Worldwide, 1 in 5 new mothers experiences a perinatal mood and anxiety disorder, yet up to 7 in 10 hide or downplay their symptoms.

Even within established care frameworks, this creates challenges for timely detection and treatment, highlighting the need for additional tools, insights, and system-level support to prevent long-term consequences for both mother and child.

Women’s HealthX convenes 750+ senior leaders from across the women’s health ecosystem, including pharma & biotech, hospitals, digital health innovators, solution providers, payers, enterprises & policy makers to explore how telehealth, predictive analytics, and digital health platforms are transforming maternal and postnatal care – from AI-driven early risk identification to remote monitoring solutions that keep mothers cognitively and emotionally supported long after they leave the clinic.

Key sessions on Maternity & Maternal Care with key industry leaders:

Key sessions dedicated to maternity and maternal mental health will address critical system challenges and opportunities for innovation, including fragmentation in care delivery, health inequities, and persistent maternal mortality rates in high income countries.

Featured speakers include:

Christina Pardo, medical director, women’s health, Weill Cornell Medicine NewYork Presbyterian, on “Bridge Existing Healthcare Gaps Caused by Fragmentation Between OB/GYN And Birth Workers.”

Gayatri Setia, director of preventive Cardiology, NYCHHC, on “Improve Patient Access to Prevention in Equalities and Discrimination in Maternity and Maternal Care”

Catherine Monk, founding director, Center for the Transition to Parenthood, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, on “Leveraging Developmental Neuroscience to Provide Improved Maternal Care”

Danielle Johnson, chief medical officer, Lindner Center of HOPE, on “Understanding the Scope of Disparities in Perinatal Mental Health”

Kimberley Sampson, chair of OB GYN, Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, on “Why Maternal Mortality Persists in High-Income Countries”

Erica Smith, VP value and access, Chiesi, on “Empowering Mothers, Advancing Equity, and Improving Outcomes in Premature Care”

A Call to Action for the Femtech Ecosystem

As femtech continues to mature, maternal mental health represents a critical frontier where technology, data, and clinical insight must converge.

Women’s HealthX provides a platform for collaboration and knowledge sharing to accelerate the development and adoption of solutions that deliver measurable impact for mothers and families.

From predictive analytics to personalized, continuous care models, the event underscores a central theme: meaningful transformation in women’s health begins with better data, stronger evidence, and cross sector collaboration.

Special Limited Time Offer

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Women’s HealthX is where the transformation of women’s health begins at its true foundation: data, science, and evidence.

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About Women’s HealthX

Women’s HealthX is where the transformation of women’s health begins at its true foundation: data, science, and evidence.

It’s the leading event dedicated to closing the sex difference data gap and accelerating breakthroughs through science driven, real world case studies.

Taking place on December 3 to 4, 2026 in Boston, USA, the exhibition will bring together more than 750 healthcare leaders, including clinicians, payers, employers, investors, and policymakers.

7 different stages across 2 days with 150+ expert speakers taking an holistic approach to women’s health.

From fertility, maternity, sexual health, cognitive health, menopause and chronic disease, we address care at every stage of a woman’s life.

By WHIS

The Women’s Health Innovation Summit (WHIS) returns October 13–15, 2026 at Encore Boston Harbor, bringing together over 1,000 senior leaders from across the full spectrum of women’s health, including payers, providers, employers, pharma, digital health, investors, and policymakers. Super Early Bird tickets are now on sale.

Now in its eighth year, WHIS is the original innovation event for those building, funding, and delivering the future of women’s health.

Designed to drive real outcomes, the summit equips attendees with practical strategies, high-value connections, and market insights to accelerate growth and impact.

Attendees will benefit from:

• Actionable insights to scale solutions and demonstrate ROI
• Direct access to decision-makers across payers, providers, and employers
• Curated networking, including 1:1 meetings and private roundtables
• Early visibility into emerging technologies, care models, and investment trends

Agenda Highlights

The 2026 programme is structured around four key themes:

• Healthcare Costs & Models
• AI & Digital Health
• Therapeutic & Diagnostic Advancements
• Direct to Consumer Care

Featured sessions include:

• Beyond Pilots: How Payers, Providers and Partners Assess AI Readiness
• The Business Case for End-to-End Women’s Health Models
• Scaling Access Through Provider Partnerships
• Investor Reverse Pitch: Direct access to early-stage capital

The summit also features a live demo stage, ROI-driven case studies, VIP networking events, and over eight hours of pre-scheduled 1:1 meetings.

First Speakers Announced

Early confirmed speakers include:

Lynn Mason, CEO, NA, IVIRMA, Tammy Sun, CEO, Carrot, David Stern, CEO, Kindbody, Dorothy Kilroy, Chief Commercial Officer, ŌURA, Avi Mehra, CSO Healthcare & Life Sciences (Global), IBM, and Doreen Borteel, Chief Revenue Officer, Maven Clinic, with more to be announced.

Poppy Howard-Wall, Conference Producer, WHIS, said: “WHIS is where the women’s health industry comes together to take action.

“Our 2026 programme is designed to deliver tangible value for every stakeholder—from payers and providers to employers and innovators.”

Super Early Bird Tickets

Super Early Bird tickets offer savings of up to $1,000 and are available for a limited time.

Register at: whisusa.com/register