𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀

📊𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆: 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆
A PLOS ONE scoping review of 41 studies finds women consistently less likely than men to get invasive or guideline-compliant care, across cardiology, surgery and emergency medicine. One finding: women's documented drug side-effects skewed towards "feeling hot"; men's, towards "death".

𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀

🤱𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝘀, 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗕𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘀 $𝟭𝟬𝟬𝗺
The Walton-founded campaign committed $100m over five years to halve US maternal mortality by 2031, starting with better data from 220 hospitals. The rate hit 19 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2024.

𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀

📋𝗔 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱-𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗽𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱
ISO 45010 was published on 7 September. It sits within occupational health and safety management, so menstrual and menopausal health can now be audited like any other workplace risk.

𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀

🧬 𝗚𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 ProFound Therapeutics won up to $35m, starting at $20m, to find novel proteins behind preeclampsia and eclampsia, which affect around 10 million women a year.

𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀

🩺 𝗡𝗛𝗦 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲

Nearly 4 million women in England who missed screening invitations will be posted a self-test HPV kit.

𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀

🌍 𝗪𝗛𝗢: 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱

WHO Europe: over 3,500 women died of maternal causes in 2018-2022; mortality has stagnated since 2013, rising in the east and north. It wants women measured across the whole lifespan.

🔗𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝘁𝘀 · 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟯𝟯
UK femtech investment surges 194% in a decade

𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀
📈 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗱
The UK femtech sector has seen investment rise by 194% over the past decade, with funding increasing from £9.4 million in 2015 to more than £100 million in 2025. Deal activity has also increased significantly.

Jordan Fitness has appointed experienced fitness industry marketer Liz Morgan as its new Head of Marketing.

Liz brings more than 25 years of marketing experience to the commercial fitness equipment specialist, including senior roles with multiple fitness businesses.
Reputation for quality, innovation, and customer focus

“I’m so happy to start my new chapter at Jordan,” Liz explains. “It’s an exciting opportunity to be part of a business with a reputation for quality, innovation, and customer focus.

“I already feel part of the team, and everyone has been so welcoming. I’m looking forward to contributing to the next stage of the company’s growth. I’m looking forward working with Neil, Deborah, and the rest of the team at Jordan to help strengthen the brand and build on its heritage.

Formula 4 driver and engineering student Maltina Jashari is seeking partners to help power her journey to F1 Academy while inspiring the next generation of women in motorsport and STEM.

IQ Lifestyle is building a qualified, community-based model of female fitness professionals to serve the UAE's growing demand for female-led coaching in gyms, studios, and corporate wellness.

Women in the UAE are moving. Female gym membership is rising, corporate wellness is expanding, and female participation in fitness activities has grown by approximately 38% since 2022. Yet the professionals best placed to serve this audience — qualified female fitness coaches — remain in critically short supply.

Amy Lance has joined Kerry as Private Label Director for the UK & Ireland, bringing extensive experience across retail, private label, sourcing, and category leadership.
Her appointment comes at a time of significant transformation across the retail landscape. Retailers are navigating a complex set of challenges, from HFSS legislation and reformulation demands to cost inflation, sustainability commitments, and growing competition from discounters. At the same time, consumer behaviours are evolving rapidly, driven by increased health awareness and emerging influences such as GLP-1 medications, which are reshaping purchasing patterns, portion expectations, and nutritional needs.

Fit & Flustered, a new podcast hosted by fitness industry professionals Jessica H. Maurer and Dr. Erin Nitschke, is bringing an honest and relatable voice to the realities of midlife. Designed for fitness professionals and health-minded listeners navigating personal and professional transitions, the podcast explores the challenges, opportunities, and unexpected twists that often accompany this stage of life.

Nest Health Connections, a national corporate wellness provider, today announced a new partnership with NutriStyle, an AI-powered personalized nutrition platform validated by more than 250 registered dietitians. Beginning in June 2026, the partnership will bring personalized meal planning, grocery integration, food logging, and nutrition support to employees participating in Nest workplace wellbeing programs across the United States. The goal is to make healthy eating simpler, more personalized, and more accessible for employees seeking practical ways to improve their health and wellbeing.

Two female founders from the fitness and leisure industry have launched eeda™, an AI-powered employee engagement platform designed to make the annual survey obsolete. Elly Colvin and Cat McDermott founded the Manchester-based business in 2024 after spending over a decade each in commercial and people leadership roles, frustrated by a tool that had not meaningfully changed since the 1990s. eeda™ is now live, generating revenue, and serving clients across the UK including KA Leisure, TC Group, and Pendle Leisure.

Entrepreneur, neuroscience coach and author Tanja Guigon-Rech has launched "Brain at Work", a new programme designed to help managers and teams better understand the biological mechanisms that influence motivation, focus, energy and performance in modern workplaces.

Jessica H. Maurer, wellness business consultant, happiness strategist, and keynote speaker, has been named the 2026 IDEA Fitness Leader of the Year. The award, presented by the IDEA Health & Fitness Association, honors an individual whose outstanding contributions to the fitness industry serve staff, fitness professionals, students, clients, and their community in inspiring ways, and whose leadership and business skills improve the industry's overall success. Maurer joins a distinguished group of leaders who have helped shape the direction of health, fitness, and wellness globally.
Maurer's career in the fitness and wellness industry spans more than two decades, beginning on the group fitness floor and growing into an internationally recognized platform for keynote speaking, consulting, and education. She has presented at the industry's most prestigious events, including IDEA World, FitnessFest, ACSM Health & Fitness Summit, AsiaFit, and canfitpro, and has partnered with leading brands including FIT4MOM, BOSU, Lebert Fitness, and more. Her writing has appeared in the IDEA Fitness Journal, canfitpro Magazine,

This August, Fuel Summit is opening the doors to one of its most intimate and high-impact
leadership experiences to date — an exclusive Firestarter intensive with internationally
recognised CEO, author, keynote speaker, and culture strategist Elaine Jobson.
Held at 12-Micron in Sydney on Tuesday, 25 August 2026, High Performance Through
Happy People is not a keynote. It is not a panel. And it is not designed for the masses.
It is a rare opportunity for just 30 leaders to gain direct access to the leadership frameworks,
culture strategies, and performance philosophies that have made Elaine Jobson one of the
most respected executives in the global wellness and fitness industry.

VIV, a hormonal intelligence platform for women aged 25–45, has opened its closed beta on iOS and Android. Founded in Berlin by Estefanía Andrade and technical co-founder Atziri Perez, VIV translates menstrual cycle science into daily, personalized recommendations across training, nutrition, and recovery designed for women who want to live and move sustainably, for the long run. The platform is backed by the EXIST-Women programme at Blue Factory Berlin (ESCP Business School), one of Germany's leading public funding initiatives for female founders in technology.

COTIGNAC, FRANCE — On June 5th, leadership coach and facilitator Martina Catherine and chef and cookbook author Frankie Unsworth will host the first edition of The Community Table, an intimate gathering designed to nourish women through food, conversation, community, and presence.

Applied Nutrition Coaching and Counseling: Theory to Practice, by Dr. Krista Scott-Dixon, brings nearly 30 years of coaching expertise to a long-standing gap in how future practitioners are prepared for the messy reality of human interaction.