Global Scans · Gender · Weekly Summary

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] NHS England is to test an AI powered 'one-day diagnostics' service for prostate cancer, saying it could save some men up to a month of waiting. UKAuthority
• [New] Virginia voters will be electing a female governor for the first time. The Guardian
• 85% of FemTech companies have a female founder, yet only 4% of investment globally goes to women-founded start-ups, and so emerging FemTech companies backed by females will benefit from being able to stake a claim and become more attractive to investors in the attempt to secure funding. Med-Tech Insights
• Removing barriers that prevent women from accessing jobs could boost GDP per capita by 20 to 30% in economies like Egypt, Jordan, and Pakistan. World Bank
• The average white American woman born in that year can reasonably expect to live to the age of 78. Business Insider
• In 2025, an estimated 316,950 women and 2,800 men will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer, and an additional 59,080 new cases of non-invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed. Association of Flight Attendants-CWA
• Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women in New York, and it is estimated that one in eight women will develop breast cancer during their life. NYSenate.gov

Last updated: 06 November 2025