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Women at the Forefront of Aging in Canada. 2024 Report – Academics at Women’s College Hospital (2024)

October 23, 2024
Women’s Age Lab’s 2024 report addresses the unique challenges faced by older women in Canada. It sheds light on the health and wellbeing challenges often overlooked in research, healthcare, and policymaking daily and on a systemic level. From underrepresentation in clinical trials to the gender pension gap, older women navigate a complex landscape that demands urgent attention.
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Women’s Health Collective Canada National Survey (2020)

October 23, 2024
Three of Canada’s leading women’s health foundations – BC Women’s Health Foundation, Alberta Women’s Health Foundation, and Women’s College Hospital Foundation – have launched the Women’s Health Collective Canada (WHCC) with a national survey that underscores the need for increased awareness around women’s health. Survey results show what those in the medical community have known for years: that lack of knowledge and public understanding of women’s health parallels a history of gender inequality in the research process.
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Surveying the Silence (2023)

October 23, 2024
In Spring 2023, the Alberta Women’s Health Foundation released the thought leadership report, “Surveying the Silence: Exploring the Impact of Taboos in Women’s Health”. More than 2,200 people were surveyed to understand their top health issues, concerns, and experiences seeking help for conditions specifically associated with women’s anatomy. The survey shed light on many health issues that are not regularly or openly discussed and put a focus on the questions we do not know to ask. Conditions about which little is known, and according to the respondents, even less is done, such as menopause, endometriosis, painful periods and PMDD, PCOS, pelvic floor issues, and more.
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In Her Words – Women’s Experience with the Healthcare System in BC (2020)

October 23, 2024
Despite decades of progress in health research, policy, and practice, women still face many barriers accessing the high-quality healthcare they deserve. In response, this 2020 BC Women’s Health Foundation report examines how women experience healthcare across the province. The aim is to drive changes within the system that will lead to healthy women everywhere, capable of anything.

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