# About the Her Health Movement

> Why Her Health exists and who it is for. A year-long editorial campaign by MedEdge MEA, culminating in a Dubai summit in March 2027. The committee will be announced when confirmed.

Language: en
Canonical URL: https://herhealth.mededgemea.com/en/about
Also published in ar: https://herhealth.mededgemea.com/ar/about
Part of: Her Health Summit & Gala 2027 | MedEdge MEA — Dubai, 29-30 March 2027, MedEdge MEA.

## About

Women's health has been under-researched, under-funded and under-discussed. We are changing the conversation.

Pain dismissed. Hormones misunderstood. The mental and physical load left invisible.

Her Health is not a one-day event. It is a year of listening, through a podcast and an invitation-only roundtable series, that culminates in a Dubai summit and gala during March 2027.

It is convened by a media platform that has reported on GCC healthcare for years, which grounds the summit in editorial credibility rather than a blank page.

## Audience

Who Her Health Is For

Two audiences. One room. A shared outcome.

### The reason this exists.

- A teenage girl navigating puberty, body image, and mental health under constant social media pressure
- A woman told for years her pain is just "normal period pain," only to find out, a decade later, that it wasn't
- A young professional battling burnout and anxiety that research still barely studies
- A woman trying to start a family, facing fertility struggles or a difficult postnatal recovery
- A woman with a family history of breast cancer, wanting earlier and smarter screening
- A woman navigating menopause while still leading a team at work
- A woman realizing the safety belt in her car, like most medical research, was designed with a man's body in mind, not hers
- A woman asking why less than 1% of global research funding goes toward the health issues that affect her most

### The people who can actually change it for her.

- Hospital and healthcare leadership
- Government health officials
- Insurance executives
- HR and corporate leadership
- Clinicians and investors
- Product and safety design leadership

Editorial Purpose

Her Health brings these two audiences into direct conversation, through podcasts, closed-door roundtables, and a two-day summit, so the people with the power to fix these problems hear from and about the women living them.

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## Other pages

- [Her Health Summit & Gala 2027](https://herhealth.mededgemea.com/en) — The summit, the gala and the year-long campaign behind them.
- [The Road to the Summit](https://herhealth.mededgemea.com/en/road-to-summit) — Five strands of a year-long conversation, and how each one feeds the stage.
- [The Her Health Roundtable Series](https://herhealth.mededgemea.com/en/roundtables) — Invitation-only sessions across the GCC, feeding straight into the Her Health Report.
- [Summit Program and Speakers](https://herhealth.mededgemea.com/en/program) — Provisional two-day programme; participants announcing soon.
- [The Her Health Podcast](https://herhealth.mededgemea.com/en/podcast) — Year-round conversations with the people changing women's health.
- [100 Women Redefining Health](https://herhealth.mededgemea.com/en/100-women) — The MedEdge MEA editorial selection, and how to nominate someone.
- [Patrons, Endorsers and Partners](https://herhealth.mededgemea.com/en/partners) — Partnership opportunities and announcements to come.
- [Get Involved with Her Health](https://herhealth.mededgemea.com/en/get-involved) — Speak, moderate, sponsor, host a roundtable or nominate.
- [Registration & Travel Updates](https://herhealth.mededgemea.com/en/tickets) — Registration and travel updates coming soon.
- [Frequently Asked Questions](https://herhealth.mededgemea.com/en/faq) — Dates, venue, passes, the gala, nominations and travel.
