๐๐๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ ยท ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ ๐ฏ๐ณ
๐๐๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ ยท ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ ๐ฏ๐ณ
A world-first workplace standard, women's sport nearing two billion dollars, and a funding gap that keeps narrowing to three deals.
๐๐น๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น ๐จ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐
๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ-๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑISO 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.
โiso.org/news/2026/09/iso-45010-launch
๐งฌ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต๐๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฝWomen live longer than men and spend more of those years in poor health. Ovarian ageing and the menopausal transition remain among the least funded areas in medicine, and women's health research receives 8.8 per cent of NIH funding.
โlongevity.foundation/invested-in-her
๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑFemtech attracts roughly 3% of digital health spending. Over the past year the three largest deals took just over half of all capital raised, with a median round of 6 million dollars.
โnewmarketpitch.com/blogs/news/femtech-funding-analysis
๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ปThe Italian pelvic pain platform has closed after screening 16,000 patients, in a category investors are only now starting to fund.
โfemtechinsider.com/pelvic-pain-startup-hale-announces-closure
๐๏ธ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎThe HFA European Congress reaches London this month, with AI, GLP-1 medications, retention, women's health and healthcare integration on the programme, alongside new research on exercise in obesity care.
๐ง ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ฝFemtech proved demand without persuading capital to spread. Longevity extended lifespan while leaving women's healthspan unfunded. Fitness is still debating whether it has the competence to serve the population it wants.
๐๐ข๐ป ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธThe Solheim Cup and the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup run to 13 September, with the World Athletics Ultimate Championship from 11 to 13 September.
โwomeninsport.org/news/summer-of-womens-sport-2026-calendar-dates-times-and-where-to-watch
๐ Elaine Jobson recognised as Fuel Woman of the year 2026
โwww.instagram.com/reel/Dc1_KD6hDp4/?igsi=OHk2dWVsYzhtNTAz
๐๏ธ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐Dr. Ritva Mettรคnen on Scope of Practice: What Fitness Can Borrow From Medicine.โwww.wearethecollective.world/podcast
๐๐ฃ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธConflict, Negotiation and Assertiveness: Three Skills That Break the Ceiling.โwww.wearethecollective.world/conflict-negotiation-assertiveness
๐๏ธ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟWhat Good Looks Like: Designing the Fitness Experience for Obesity and GLP-1 Journeys.โ www.wearethecollective.world/what-good-looks-like-glp-1
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