Women’s Health

The Women’s Organisation has developed a comprehensive and evidence-led approach to improving women’s health outcomes, grounded in three interconnected pillars These are: addressing the social factors of health, advancing workplace wellbeing, and amplifying women’s voices through advocacy. This approach requires both systemic change and women’s active participation in shaping the health solutions affecting their lives.

Addressing the Social Determinants of Women’s Health Outcomes

The organisation’s holistic work recognises that wider social, economic, and environmental conditions shape women’s wellbeing. Women face structural barriers that significantly impact their health outcomes, especially when they come from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Through research, programme delivery, and policy engagement, The Women’s Organisation has identified key challenges, including:

• Economic insecurity and concentration in low-paid or unstable employment

• The unequal load of unpaid care responsibilities

• Limited access to appropriate and timely health services

• Workplace cultures that fail to recognise and support women’s health needs

• Intersecting inequalities linked to geography, ethnicity, disability, and age

By focusing on these determinants, the organisation targets root causes to promote long-term, lasting improvements in women’s health.

Women’s Workplace Wellness Programme

In addition, a central part of our work is the Women’s Workplace Wellness Programme. This initiative helps employers and employees build healthier, more inclusive workplaces together. Notably, we designed the programme in response to clear evidence that traditional wellbeing schemes often overlook women’s specific health needs.

Key features of the programme:

• Education: We provide awareness on issues surrounding reproductive health, including menopause and mental health.

• Training: We train workplace champions to create a positive culture.

• Policy Development: We help create gender-fair policies, such as flexible working and supportive management practices.

• Practical Tools: Organisations can review and improve their support with a gender focus.

Consequently, we ensure that women’s real life experiences guide all our programmes so that every action is relevant, practical, and genuinely improves Women’s health outcomes.

Elevating Women’s Voices and Advocacy

We bring women’s voices to the forefront, in addition to strengthening across communities and in existing systems. Notably, through qualitative research, stakeholder engagement, and programme delivery, we create structured ways for women to share their real experiences of health, work, and inequality. The organisation uses these insights to shape programmes and influence policy.

Key advocacy activities include:

• Capturing and amplifying lived experience through interviews, focus groups, and participant research
• Supporting women to become peer advocates and change-makers within their workplaces and communities
• Engaging with decision-makers to highlight gaps in services and drive change that supports women
• Challenging stigma around women’s health issues by creating safe spaces for dialogue and awareness

This dual focus on evidence and lived experience strengthens the credibility and impact of the organisation’s advocacy, thus ensuring that women’s health is not only discussed but meaningfully addressed.

Developing New Solutions and Innovations to Support Women’s Wellbeing

Building on established programmes and advocacy work, we are developing innovative, scalable solutions that integrate workplace practice, community engagement, and policy influence.

Specifically, emerging areas of development include:

• Workplace and community health advocacy models, training women as trusted peer advocates
• Integrated support pathways, connecting employers, health services, and community organisations
• Digital and social value tools to measure and show the impact of interventions on women’s health and wellbeing
• Targeted initiatives for underserved groups, ensuring inclusivity and equity in access to support

We co-design solutions with women and stakeholders, ensuring they are grounded in real life experience and capable of delivering meaningful change.