🔗 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝘁𝘀 · 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟯𝟵

🔗 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝘁𝘀 · 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟯𝟵
This week: women are still treated differently in healthcare, menopause reaches the FDA, leadership progress stalls, and sport moves to protect motherhood. 

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".
→journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0356176 

💊𝗙𝗗𝗔 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗽𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 No product is approved for women in the US, yet Truveta data for Reuters show prescriptions up 146% since January 2023. Long-term heart and breast safety remain open. 

→fda.gov/consumers/womens-health-events/fda-public-meeting-testosterone-use-menopausal-women-09172026 

📉𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿
Twenty years into measuring the gap, WEF's 2026 report finds progress fragile: women hold two-thirds of chief HR roles but under one in ten CTO roles, and a parenting break still costs women promotions men keep.
→weforum.org/press/2026/09/gendergap26 

🤝𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
Eleven brands, including HOKA, Brooks and lululemon, launched the Mother in Sport Collective on 17 September to standardise maternity protections in athlete contracts. Founder Alysia Montaño lost her own Nike deal after giving birth.
→forallmothers.org/mother-in-sport-collective 

🧠𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗪𝗮𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗛𝗲𝗿

Across healthcare, menopause, leadership and sport, the same pattern persists: systems designed around male bodies or uninterrupted careers are being forced to adapt to women’s realities. The evidence is moving faster than the systems built to act on it. 

🏆𝗢𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸
The Cycling Road World Championships (20-27 September) and the Billie Jean King Cup Finals (22-27 September) are both underway.
→womeninsport.org/news/summer-of-womens-sport-2026-calendar-dates-times-and-where-to-watch 

📄𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗗𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲: 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝗯𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗟𝗣-𝟭 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆𝘀. 

→ www.wearethecollective.world/what-good-looks-like-glp-1

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘁, 𝗡𝗲𝗴𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀: 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗲𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴.

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