Why 2025 is a big year in women's health

This year's International Women's Day 2025 comes at a critical time for women's health globally.

So far, 2025 seems to mark a turning point for gender health equity – a movement increasingly returning to its protest origins rather than settling for celebration.

And some of the global contradictions couldn't make that clearer.

Australia's pre-election promise of a $AUD573 million boost to women's health funding and the government's commitment to implement key recommendations from the Senate inquiry into menopause and perimenopause signal progress.

This is in stark contrast to America's