Today’s women face many disadvantages in healthcare—from a lack of funding and research into female diseases to drugs and devices being tested and designed for the male anatomy.

The experience of care provided in this unequal healthcare system is leaving women feeling sidelined and inadequately supported.

Kearney raised a call to action, launching the Redesigning healthcare with women in mind open letter at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in partnership with the Forum’s Global Alliance for Women’s Health and more than 50 organizations in the women’s health space.

In May of 2024, we launched [w]Health, a global platform comprised of more than 500 organizations, created by Kearney and powered by community that aims to move the dial on women’s health.

We took the messages from the open letter and the community to major forums, including the G20, UN General Assembly, G7 Ministries, Commission of the Status of Women, and local events in New York, London, Berlin, and Sydney to encourage advocacy and policy change. And we’ve published key insights, including a report and podcast on cardiovascular health inequities for women in Asia Pacific.