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WHAT'S NEXT?: Achieving global gender parity will take many decades yet. Read on to understand the trends, challenges and efforts to advance parity at a faster pace.

• [New] Menstrual health conversations with healthcare professionals will empower young women to feel in control of their health journey, from their first period to their last. The Guardian
• [New] The case, brought forth by more than 2,000 Swiss women aged 64 and older, argued that Switzerland's failure to address climate change exposed them to heightened risks, particularly during heat waves. Greater Kashmir
• [New] The looming ground operation in Rafah poses a grave threat to 1.5 million Palestinians, including tens of thousands of pregnant women, new mothers and newborns. ReliefWeb
• [New] Under Australia's National Immunization Program, the flu vaccine is free for higher-risk groups, including children under five, adults over 65, and pregnant women. The Conversation
• [New] Europe's top rights court has ruled in favour of a group of elderly Swiss women who argued that their government's efforts to combat climate change were inadequate and put them at greater risk of death from heatwaves. Al Jazeera
• [New] The European Court of Human Rights will hand down decisions in a trio of cases brought by a French mayor, six Portuguese youngsters and more than 2,000 members of Senior Women for Climate Protection, who say their governments are not doing enough to combat climate change. The Washington Post
• [New] The Vatican has released a new document on human dignity in which it says surrogacy, gender theory and abortion are among the grave threats to the human condition. MPR News
• [New] Many Palestinians in Gaza are at risk of famine, and every single man, woman, and child in Gaza is experiencing food insecurity. United States Department of State
• [New] To advance gender equality and women's development in Mexico, it is not enough to change the context (e.g. laws, educational and working opportunities). SpringerLink
• More than 2,000 elderly Swiss women argue that their government's woefully inadequate efforts to fight the heating of the planet put them at risk of dying during heatwaves. ThePrint
• Anaemia affects a third of the world's population, while women of reproductive age are particularly at risk of its development. PubMed Central (PMC)
• In men, normal-to-low HDL-C group was associated with an increased risk of CRC in both never-smokers and ever-smokers, whereas in women persistent low and normal - to low HDL-C change increased the CRC risk in never-smokers. Nature
• The protection crisis in South Sudan is particularly severe for women and children, who are at a higher risk of experiencing violence, exploitation, and abuse. ReliefWeb
• Women who experienced menopause before the age of 49 and had higher cardiovascular risks were more prone to thinking and memory problems later in life compared to their male participants. Open Access Government
• Now researchers at the University of South Australia are co-designing a chatbot to help formerly incarcerated women re-establish their lives on the outside, and reduce the risk of them returning to prison. Home
• Closing the gender gap in employment and entrepreneurship has the potential to raise the global gross domestic product by more than 20%, and could essentially double the current global growth rate over the next decade. OMFIF
• Male sex, young age at the time of diagnosis with UC, and extensive colitis increase the risk of CRC. PubMed Central (PMC)
• The American Cancer Society recommends that women of average risk have the option to begin mammography at age 40, get mammograms every year from age 45-54, and have mammography every other year starting at age 55. Investors Hub
• Unlike traditional breast imaging modalities, the QT Breast Scanner has no radiation, no injections, and no compression, potentially offering new opportunities for earlier and more frequent screening for young women at high risk for breast cancer who have no available FDA-cleared screening options. Investors Hub
• White men in the US see threats from climate change to automobile accidents to air pollution as less risky than white women and women of colour. The Equation
• A French study of about 13,000 adults between ages 35 and 60 found an improvement in cancer risk and mortality in men, but not women, after 71/2 years of daily supplementation. The Washington Post

Last updated: 18 April 2024