NAWP Spotlight will be a way to focus on important topics that mainly affect women and offer some support to women who are experiencing the same issues. It also supports women to open up about how they’re feeling, showing them that they’re not alone.
This NAWP Spotlight ‘Menopause Matters’ aims to help break the stigma around menopause and encourages employers to help women thrive at work. While the majority of women experience menopause in their lifetime, it is still a taboo subject for many. World Menopause Day, led by the International Menopause Society, aims to help tackle the stigma.
Menopause occurs when women stop menstruating for 12 months, due to reduced oestrogen levels. It usually happens around the age of 50, but the lead-up, known as perimenopause, can take up to 15 years. Everyone experiences menopause differently, but symptoms often include memory loss, hot flushes, and headaches. Menopause can also have an impact on cardiovascular health, which is why the theme for World Menopause Day 2023 is cardiovascular disease.
According to Nuffield Health Research, 13 million women in the UK are either peri- or post-menopausal, yet approximately two-thirds of women say there is a general lack of support and understanding. To help improve this, the PDA NAWP Network encourages pharmacists to download the below documents and share them with colleagues.
Download Menopause Matters
Download the menopause factsheet
Learn more
- World Menopause Day
- International Menopause Society
- Nuffield Health Research on menopause
- NAWP and PDA Education host event for International Women’s Day 2023 on the menopause
- PDA attends ACAS menopause briefings
- NHS England publish guidance for line managers and colleagues on supporting NHS people through menopause (NAWP Newsletter – January 2023)
- Introducing the UK Menopause Taskforce (NAWP Newsletter – May 2022)
- Should menopause spell ‘career pause’? (NAWP Newsletter – September 2021)
- NAWP raises awareness of the menopause (NAWP Newsletter – January 2021)
Get involved
- The next NAWP Spotlight will be about menstruation. If you would like to get involved, please email nawp@the-pda.org.
- Join NAWP’s Facebook group here.
- Follow NAWP on Instagram here.
- Use #PDAnawp on all social media platforms to post on issues relevant to women pharmacists and to suggest recommended reading for allies of the network.
- Join the WhatsApp group here.
- Contact the committee by emailing nawp@the-pda.org
- About NAWP
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