Fair Treatment for the Women of Wales | Triniaeth Deg i Fenywod Cymru
What’s going on?
Read FTWW’s latest news and opinion about women’s health equality and beyond below….
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Female health and Endometriosis: Read our blogs for The Welsh Fabians
We were delighted to be asked to write two blogs for The Welsh Fabians, part of The Fabian Society, which is an independent left-leaning think tank and a democratic membership society with over 7,000 members. They influence political and public thinking and provide a...
PMDD: Becci Launches Petition
FTWW members and PMDD Champions, Becci and Laura, featured on BBC Radio Wales Breakfast regarding Becci’s Senedd Petition to improve care for the condition (1.35.00 on). Becci also talked to BBC Wales News Online and BBC Wales Today. ITV’s This Morning programme also...
Experts call for urgent mental health support for people living with long term autoimmune diseases
A new study has highlighted the shocking mismatch of clinician and patients experiences of neurological and mental health issues in people with autoimmune rheumatological conditions. More than half of patients with auto-immune conditions experience mental health...
Focus on Menopause: #Flushfest23 and the second All-Wales Menopause Conference
Join #FlushFest23 in Edinburgh or online on 8 and 9 September, for a festival full of menopause advice, fun, storytelling, wellbeing workshops and much more. See the full programme and buy tickets here. We’d also like to remind you that the second All-Wales Menopause...
Llais: First 100 Days
Since April 2023 the people of Wales have had a new independent body to help shape health and social care services. Llais has been set up by the Welsh Government to raise the power and influence of the voices of people living in Wales, and we regularly recommend them...
Disability Pride – is disability something to be ‘proud’ of? We say, ‘yes’ – and here’s why.
Disability Pride Month was born in the USA in 1990, when the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed to prevent discrimination against disabled people. It is now a global act of celebration – and an act of protest: the first Disability Pride Parade in the UK...
Senedd Inquiry: Supporting People with Chronic Conditions – Responses Published
The Senedd Health & Social Care Committee has published responses to its inquiry into support for those living with chronic conditions in Wales. FTWW submitted feedback, noting that our members had provided some of the most powerful and compelling testimonies we...
Endometriosis.Cymru Update
FTWW is excited to be working with colleagues in Cardiff University and Proper Design to expand and update the Welsh Government and NHS-funded Endometriosis Cymru website. We’ll be developing information about Wales’s endometriosis services, the social model of...
The BMJ: Intrauterine devices (IUDs) and pain.
The BMJ Opinion: We must validate the painful experiences of many women using intrauterine devices FTWW volunteer, Lucy, and the Women’s Health Coalition were mentioned in an Opinion Piece featured in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) about the need to address women’s...
Watch our Webinar: Getting the Most from Your Medical Appointments
We were really pleased to co-host this event with Fertility Network UK Cymru on June 19th. We were joined by FTWW member and Hormone & Mindset Coach, Laura Teare-Jones, who offered practical tips on how to prepare for healthcare appointments. Alongside her was...
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