International Day of Action for Women's Health: 9 Simple & Effective Actions You Can Take
- Hannah Hunt
- 2 days ago
- 3 min read
Today, on the International Day of Action for Women’s Health, we stand in recognition and deep gratitude for the tireless work of healthcare professionals across the UK and around the world who dedicate themselves to improving the health, dignity, and rights of women and girls.
This year’s theme, “In Solidarity We Resist: Our Fight, Our Right!”, reminds us that access to sexual and reproductive healthcare is not just a medical issue, it is a matter of human rights. May 28 is a call to resist inequalities, systemic neglect, and harmful social norms that continue to limit the health and autonomy of millions.
"We stand in firm resistance to the growing opposition and their regressive agenda—led by right-wing, nationalist, religious fundamentalist, and authoritarian forces—who seek to control our bodies, spread anti-rights narratives, fuel misinformation, restrict access to sexual and reproductive health information and services, and roll back hard-won gains."
What actions can anyone take to support women's health?
May 28 is a day for action and advocacy. In the UK, we are privileged to have thousands of healthcare professionals in the NHS and beyond who dedicate their lives to improving the standard of care for women's health. Today, we thank these remarkable individuals, and commit to support their work through action.
Here are 9 ways that any person can lead the way in fighting for health equality:
Speak out: Share powerful, lived-experience-based messages via open letters, blogs, and creative media in accessible languages.
Mobilise and organise: Activate diverse communities through events like teach-ins, marches, and workshops that promote women's health and reproductive justice.
Lobby and advocate: Pressure governments to support SRHR through petitions, policy briefs, meetings, and alliances with supportive officials.
Bust the stigma: Host dialogues and workshops to challenge harmful myths and foster empathetic peer support around abortion, menstruation, and sexuality.
Occupy online spaces: Lead digital activism through virtual events, creative social media content, and online mobilisation tools.
Harness the power of stories: Elevate personal experiences through storytelling formats like interviews, podcasts, and documentaries.
Engage in Art-ivism: Use artistic expression and group creativity to promote SRHR messages and support community healing.
Inspire action: Highlight advocacy successes and share campaign strategies to drive ongoing awareness and momentum.
Collaborate: Build solidarity across movements and sectors to dismantle barriers and extend the reach of SRHR advocacy.
Our Commitment
AGHealth remain steadfast in our support for those on the frontlines of women’s health. We commit to:
Listening to the challenges of women's healthcare professionals and adapting our support to meet them.
Collaborating with clinicians, midwives, and trusts to drive innovation and improve outcomes.
Offering only the most effective and innovative evidence-based products which challenge the status quo and change women's lives.
We are proud to have launched the WID-easy test earlier this year, making national headlines in women's health news as an accurate non-invasive test for womb cancer. This innovation lead to AGHealth being selected as a NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) Fellow - a prestigious programme that will help drive innovative products to transform women's health throughout the UK.
Continuing our commitment to improving the standard of care for women and gender-diverse people this year, we are excited to announce the upcoming 2025 UK launch of carevix®: the atraumatic cervical stabiliser proven to reduce pain and bleeding during transcervical procedures.
Whether you have used DILAPAN-S®, AmniSure®, PartoSure®, Lumella®, or WID-easy®, our mission is to drive progress for women's health the UK.
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