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WHAT'S NEXT?: Achieving global gender parity will take many decades yet. Read on to understand the trends, challenges and efforts to advance parity at a faster pace.

• [New] A group of 40 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Organizations will receive $167.6 million over four years to deliver community-led services for women and families experiencing domestic violence. SBS News
• [New] Texas Children's Hospital in Houston has to create a detransition clinic for transgender patients later in 2026 and keep a list of potential gender affirming care patients. Insurance Journal
• [New] A workplace policy for menstrual health could increase a company's productivity levels by about 20% through a reduction in absenteeism and presenteeism among women workers. IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute
• [New] In South Africa, women were particularly affected by the constant fear of water shortages. PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] A study by TU Graz, financed by the Austrian Road Safety Fund, shows that women have a 60% higher injury risk in car accidents compared to men. EurekAlert!
• [New] While new recruits were the most vulnerable, women stationed in Iraq and Kuwait were at risk of sexual assault during the early twenty-first century. EBSCO
• [New] Women not only experience a higher burden of certain modifiable dementia risk factors, but also appear more vulnerable to their effects on cognitive function. Alzheimer's Orange County
• [New] UNFPA has highlighted the rapid growth of the very old population and the vulnerability of older women. Anantam IAS
• [New] Fiji's National Financial Inclusion Strategy 2022-2030 outlines ambitious goals around expanding access to formal financial services, supporting women-owned businesses, improving rural inclusion and enhancing digital financial literacy. The Fintech Times
• [New] Illegal migration, particularly in the form of the ongoing small-boats crisis, poses a fundamental threat to the safety of women and girls in the UK. Spiked
• [New] Automation and AI could displace up to 40% of women in certain industries by 2030. The Fawcett Society
• [New] By 2056, the sex ratio of the Australia-born older population is projected to have increased, reflecting assumed convergence of male and female mortality rates over time. PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] Women may be especially sensitive to the effects of common dementia risk factors. ScienceDaily
• [New] One hundred years later, after decades of decline, US maternal morbidity and mortality rates are rising, and rural mothers are at increased risk for severe adverse outcomes - especially Black women in the rural South. PubMed Central (PMC)
• Authors from seven institutions in Sweden worked with 43396 randomly selected women and found a higher risk of CVD in cohorts with high-protein consumption (62.9 ± 19 g per day). PubMed Central (PMC)
• Projections show male AAMR reaching 12.17 (95% CI: 11.04 to 13.31) and female AAMR reaching 10.31 (95% CI: 9.53 to 11.1) by 2030. PubMed Central (PMC)
• Because women ages 80 and older are the fastest growing U.S. age group, the importance of monitoring and maintaining muscular strength will have huge public health implications in the coming decades. ScienceDaily
• Nationwide only 41% of rural hospitals are still providing labour and delivery services, leaving many women with no choice but to travel great distances to have their baby delivered, increasing the risk of complications. World Socialist Web Site

Last updated: 11 June 2026