Women wear many hats – from family responsibility , to successful professionals in fulltime work. This multi-tasking often causes them to neglect their own health. This phenomenon is not limited to the developed world or the US. it is also the norm in many poor and developing societies. Lets check the example of women and…
Sex and Gender
Sex and Gender: Sex and gender are often been confused for having the same meaning. To fully understand how they affect health, there needs to be a clear distinction between them. Interchanging the two words can introduce forms of bias and be harmful to research. What is Sex? Sex is the natural condition of a…
The European Institute of Women’s Health calls make a pledge for parity.
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Celebrating International Women’s Day 2016, the European Institute of Women’s Health calls on both key stakeholders and citizens of Europe to make a pledge for parity. International Women’s Day is held on the 8th of March each year throughout the world to celebrate women’s contributions and achievements and to call…
Childcare for all is an equality issue
Childcare for all: Make early childhood education and care accessible and inclusive. Access to early childhood education and childcare (ECEC) is important for promoting equal opportunities of children as well as for facilitating work-family balance of parents and especially labour market participation of mothers of small children. EU countries vary in how childcare is provided…
Cooperating with EU Institutions and Agencies: The EMA
Our cooperation with EU institutions and agencies: The EMA European Medicines Agency (EMA) The EIWH is a member of the Patient and Consumer Working Party of the European Medicines Agency (EMA). This group provides recommendations to EMA human scientific committees on all matters of interest to patients in relation to medicinal products. The European Medicines…
Obesity – biggest threat to women’s health
Obesity should be treated as a “national priority”, chief medical officer warns. Dame Sally Davies said women should be “empowered” to live healthier lives in her annual report, as she spoke of the risk to future generations. She called for government to include obesity in its national risk planning – putting it the same category…
U.S. women catching up on drink!
U.S. women catch up on alcohol consumption. American women are catching up on men’s drinking levels in using and abusing alcohol, a U.S. government report shows. Data from 2002 to 2012 found that reported alcohol consumption in the previous 30 days rose among women, from almost 45 percent to more than 48 percent, but fell…
Celebrating World COPD Day 2015
PRESS RELEASE – For Immediate Release Celebrating World COPD Day, the European Institute of Women’s Health highlights it’s not too late to improve respiratory health in Europe Since 2002, World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Day raises awareness and works to improve care of COPD through events and campaigns in over 50 countries on the…
NICE issues first guideline on menopause
First menopause guidelines The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) will launch its first clinical guideline on diagnosing and managing menopause on Tuesday 10 November 2015. Menopause affects every woman sometime in her life and large numbers of them experience symptoms that impact significantly on their daily lives including hot flushes, night…
Power of young girls in the EU and around the World
PRESS RELEASE European Institute of Women’s Health highlights power of Adolescent Girls in the EU and across the World 11 October 2015 —This year marks the 4th annual International Day of the Girl Child, a day established by the United Nations to highlight the rights and challenges facing girls throughout the world. The fifth annual…