Kathy Gillis

Why I Believe Raising Money for Women’s Healthcare Matters So Deeply

Friday 6th Feb

I believe raising money for women’s healthcare is not just important, it’s overdue.

For decades, research dollars, clinical trials, and medical priorities have largely missed the mark when it comes to women. Women’s symptoms are dismissed. Our pain is minimized. Our bodies are labeled “complex” instead of worthy of deeper study. Too often, we are told things are “normal,” “stress-related,” or “just part of aging,” when what we really need is curiosity, care, and investment.

Women make up over half the population, yet historically, medical research has centered male bodies as the default. Drugs were tested on men. Symptoms were defined by men. Treatment plans were designed without fully understanding how women’s bodies respond differently to medication, pain, disease, hormones, and stress.

When we raise money for women’s healthcare, we are funding better research, better education, and better outcomes. We are saying that women’s lives are not an afterthought. We are insisting that healthcare systems evolve to reflect reality, not outdated assumptions.

Supporting women’s healthcare means healthier families. Healthier communities. Healthier futures. When women thrive, everyone around them benefits because women are often the caregivers, the organizers, the emotional anchors, the ones holding families and communities together.

Please consider supporting the Women in your life by donating to this amazing project. 

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