𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀

📉 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗽, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝘀

The ILO's survey of 11,957 firms in 99 countries finds women chair 30.9% of boards (13.1% in 2013), yet hold just 30.5% of management roles, with balance slipping at junior and middle levels.

𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀

💼 𝗖𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀 €𝟮.𝟲𝗯𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘅 

The London-based menopause, osteoporosis and fertility drugmaker reaches 6m+ patients in 80+ countries. Completion expected H1 2027. 

𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 

⚖️ 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗱𝗼 

Across 190 economies, mothers average 196 days against 25 for fathers. In 66 economies, fathers are guaranteed none. 

𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀

🏛️𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮

A new executive order sets up a White House Women's Health Task Force and asks NIH to create a Women's Health Division. It also revokes the 2024 order on women's health research. The new emphasis is on turning research into clinical care.

Fitness Industry Council of Canada member clubs get a member-only offer, and the partnership opens with a free webinar for multi-location operators on November 12.

𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀

🏛️𝗙𝗜𝗕𝗢 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵

FIBO 2027 dedicates 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝟱.𝟭 to Female Performance, Prevention & Longevity, with a Women's Health Stage running all four days. The Collective is proud to partner with FIBO on it.

𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀

🔬 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵

An all-female editorial team assembled reviews on pain, sex chromosomes, menopause and pregnancy, citing research funding cuts as a motive.

𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀

📊 𝗚𝗟𝗣-𝟭𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝘆, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻
A Lancet meta-analysis of 43,000+ women with diabetes found no link to preterm birth or pre-eclampsia. Early pregnancy loss was 31% higher, though miscarriage and termination were combined.

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.