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15/10/2025

International Menopause Day is 18 October — but the conversation shouldn’t stop there.

It’s great to see health insurers like St Lukes Health supporting women by opening up space to talk about perimenopause and menopause.

Join us on Monday, 20 October at 5:15pm for a free session hosted by the Women’s Health Education Network.

We’ll break down:
✨ What’s really happening in your body during perimenopause & menopause
✨ Why it’s so often misunderstood
✨ Hormones, symptoms, movement, treatment options & pelvic health
✨ Practical strategies shaped by research and real-life experience

This isn’t about “fixing” women. It’s about understanding your body — and knowing you’re not the only one.

📍 St Lukes Health
🕔 1 hour 15 minutes
💜 Free to attend

👉 Tag a friend and save the date!
book here https://stlukes.simplybook.vip/v2/ /service/375

13/10/2025

We’re running an online focus group to hear directly from women about two big topics:
🔹 Vaginal health
🔹 Cardiovascular health

We don’t want to assume — we want to listen to you. Your experiences will shape resources that reflect your concerns, not just what health professionals think.

Interested in joining?
👉 DM us or leave a message under this post

10/10/2025

Across women’s health, the research base is limited. Postnatal is no exception.

What we do see is a rapid growth of digital products, programs, and platforms aimed at new mothers.

Our Digital Parenthood study is about exploring what this means for women. It’s about listening to mothers directly:

How are these digital spaces being used?

What feels supportive?

What feels missing?

This project is about building an evidence base from women’s voices — so that we can see more clearly how digitalisation and monetisation are shaping postnatal health.

👉 https://forms.office.com/r/GJxwWrXMBa
👉 Please share so we can reach more voices.

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Approved by the University of Tasmania Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC 30414).
Supported by the Women’s Health Education Network (WHEN).

09/10/2025

Motherhood has gone digital. 📱

From social media to parenting apps and online forums, new mothers are turning to digital platforms for advice, support, and connection. But what does that really mean for women’s health, body image, and parenting experiences?

Our Digital Parenthood project is about listening to women directly. We want to understand how digital spaces are shaping the first two years of motherhood in Australia.

👉 Take part in the survey here: https://forms.office.com/r/GJxwWrXMBa

👉 Please share this post so we can reach mothers across every community.

Every voice matters.

This project has been approved by the University of Tasmania Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC 30414) and is supported by the Women’s Health Education Network (WHEN).

06/10/2025

Safe in one. Risky when stacked.

Many women take a multivitamin, then add a protein powder, a stress blend, or a sleep supplement. Each looks safe on its own — but together, ingredients like vitamin B6 can add up.

At high doses, this has been linked to nerve damage (peripheral neuropathy) — with symptoms like tingling or numbness in hands and feet.

💡 What to do:

Check labels for repeats.

Don’t assume “natural” means risk-free.

Ask your GP or pharmacist before stacking products.

More is not always better.

03/10/2025

Women’s bodies aren’t static — they change across every stage of life. And with those changes come different health needs.

That means exercise shouldn’t look the same at 25, after pregnancy, or through menopause. Our priorities shift, and the way we move should shift with them.

Yet so much of the advice given to women assumes exercise is one-size-fits-all.
It’s not.

Exercise should reflect women’s bodies, women’s health, and women’s lives.

01/10/2025

Did you know the science behind your workout was probably tested on men, not women?
Most exercise guidelines were built on male data, ignoring the way women’s bodies — and hormones — change across life stages.
Women deserve exercise designed for them, not borrowed from men.

29/09/2025

Did you know? Around 31% of men experience erectile dysfunction. For women, it’s even higher — up to 50% experience sexual dysfunction at some point in their lives.

The difference? Men’s sexual health has been studied, funded, and talked about for decades. Women’s? Too often overlooked, under-researched, and brushed aside.

That’s why this new study matters. Researchers found that pelvic floor muscle tone can influence cl****al blood flow. It’s a small sample, but it’s a start — and a reminder that women’s sexual health deserves the same curiosity, urgency, and investment.

It’s time we bring women’s pelvic floor and sexual health into everyday conversations, not keep it in the shadows.

📖 McCool-Myers et al., S*x Med Rev, 2018
📖 Franco & Dussan, J S*x Med, 2025

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Female sexual dysfunction, which includes conditions such as vaginismus and pain during in*******se, affects ⁓30%–50% of women and significantly impacts th

24/09/2025

When women aren’t told what to expect and when they can’t find information about the physical changes after miscarriage — it sends a clear message: what you’re experiencing is either not normal, or not important.

Yesterday, those words were spoken in the Tasmanian Legislative Council by The Honourable Sarah Lovell MLC , Shadow Minister for Women and Shadow Minister for Health and Wellbeing, as she presented the Miscarriage Project.

We applaud hearing this said in Parliament. Because recognising the silence is the first step in breaking it — and women’s health deserves nothing less.

23/09/2025

A press conference overseas claimed that taking paracetamol in pregnancy causes autism.

There is no scientific evidence for this. None. But with the world so connected, those words will travel here too — and women in Australia will see them.

And here’s the problem: even if we know it isn’t true, pregnancy doesn’t work like that. Every decision feels heavy. Every “what if” sits on your shoulders. Fear multiplies, and so does guilt.

This is why these claims are so damaging. They don’t change the science. They change how women feel.

Women deserve evidence they can trust, not fear disguised as fact. They deserve care that eases the load, not more pressure to carry.

At WHEN, we’ll keep calling this out — loudly — and standing with women.

10/09/2025

Over 1,300 women in the ACT shared their health stories.

The results?
❌ Care for endometriosis and menopause isn’t meeting women’s needs.
❌ Almost 1 in 5 missed out on care or medication because of cost.
❌ Nearly half felt they weren’t taken seriously by their doctor.

This survey by Women’s Health Matters shows what happens when we truly listen: women are telling us the gaps, loudly and clearly.

It’s time to stop deciding for women and start listening to them.

08/09/2025

Thank you to everyone who made Women’s Health Week powerful.

Women’s Health Week is over — but what a week it’s been.

Charities, businesses, health professionals, and women with lived experience all came together to put women’s health in the spotlight.

This is about more than one project or one voice, it’s about a community showing up for women everywhere.

To everyone who contributed: thank you. Let’s keep the momentum going.