The year in women's health

Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month

Pairs with the menopause-after-cancer pathway and the interactions checker.

• Menopause after cancer

Perimenopause Awareness Month

Our biggest month. Perimenopause is the thing most people are living in and least able to name.

• Early perimenopause
• Start here

PCOS Awareness Month

PCOS into perimenopause is genuinely under-covered and we already have the evidence page.

• PCOS evidence

World Suicide Prevention Day

Handle carefully. Midlife suicide risk in women is real and under-discussed. Crisis resources must lead.

• Emergency and crisis support

World Perimenopause Day

The peak day of Perimenopause Awareness Month. Nila hosts a session.

• Events

Black History Month (UK)

The UK observes Black History Month in October, not February. Do not schedule the same content twice by accident.

• Black women and midlife

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Enormous, crowded month. Our distinctive angle is hormone-positive breast cancer and menopause symptoms after treatment.

• Menopause after cancer
• Treatment interactions

Menopause Awareness Month

UK observance. Strong month for UK partners and clinics.

• Treatments
• Find a practitioner

World Mental Health Day

WHO day, sits neatly inside menopause month.

• Hormones and mental health

World Menopause Day

The anchor day of the whole year. Nila hosts a session.

• Events
• HRT myths

Run by International Menopause Society

World Osteoporosis Day

Bone loss accelerates sharply around the final period. Pairs with strength training content.

• Musculoskeletal pathway
• Movement

Run by International Osteoporosis Foundation

World Stroke Day

Route of hormone therapy matters here. Good factual myth-correction moment.

• Hormone therapy options

Bladder Health Month

Second pelvic anchor of the year. Good clinic-partner moment.

• Pelvic health
• Pessaries

World Diabetes Day

Insulin resistance rises through the transition. Ties to the low-insulinemic diet evidence.

• Nutrition
• Cardiometabolic evidence

Transgender Day of Remembrance

Sombre day. Observe quietly or not at all — never as a marketing moment.

• Trans women and midlife

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

Opens the 16 Days. Aligns with the trauma-informed material and the WIN partnership.

Start of the 16 Days of Activism.

• Trauma-informed pathway
• WIN campaign

December — plan, do not push

Deliberately quiet. Use it to lock next year's calendar, confirm speakers for Q1 and refresh evergreen pages.

• Nila Letter

Cervical Health Awareness Month

North American counterpart to the UK prevention week, running the whole of January.

• Appointment pack

Cervical Cancer Prevention Week

A week on screening, HPV and why so many people put off the appointment.

Third or fourth week of January.

• Appointment pack
• Genitourinary pathway

Run by Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust

Heart Month

Cardiovascular risk changes after the menopause transition, and it is under-discussed. Strong month for the cardiometabolic material.

Canadian Heart Month and US American Heart Month both run in February.

• Cardiometabolic pathway
• Cardiometabolic evidence

Black History Month (Canada and US)

Anchor for the evidence-gap work on Black women and midlife. Pair with paid Black contributors, not a repost.

• Black women and midlife

World Cancer Day

Global day. Our angle is menopause after cancer treatment, which almost nobody covers.

• Menopause after cancer
• Treatment and cancer risk

Run by UICC

Endometriosis Awareness Month

March. Big, well-organized community. Our angle is endometriosis into perimenopause, which the main campaigns skip.

• Menstrual pathway
• Pelvic health

Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

UK observance in March. Ties to surgical menopause after oophorectomy.

• Induced menopause

Women's History Month

Month-long frame for the research-gap story: how little of medicine was built on women's bodies.

• Research gaps
• Why Nila

International Women's Day

The single busiest day of the year for this space. Plan something distinctive or sit it out deliberately.

• Work toolkit
• For employers

Run by the organizers

World Sleep Day

Sleep is the top-reported symptom. Easy, high-engagement moment.

Friday before the March equinox — confirm the date each year.

• Sleep pathway
• Mindfulness

Run by World Sleep Society

Transgender Day of Visibility

Quietly affirming, not flag-planting. Point to the hubs that already exist.

• Trans women and midlife
• Gender and midlife

IBS Awareness Month

Gut symptoms shift in perimenopause and are routinely misattributed.

• Body pathway
• Nutrition

Stress Awareness Month

Good fit for the cortisol explainer and the nervous-system practices.

• Cortisol
• Breathe

World Health Day

WHO day. Usable for the policy and access angle rather than symptoms.

• Paying for care

Run by WHO

Pelvic Pain Awareness Month

Anchor month for the pelvic health material and the 12-week program.

• Pelvic health
• 12-week pelvic floor program

Run by International Pelvic Pain Society

Mental Health Awareness Month

US month-long observance covering the same ground.

• Mood pathway
• Counselling

Mental Health Week

CMHA week. Hormones and mental health is our differentiated take.

First full week of May in Canada.

• Hormones and mental health
• Mood pathway

Run by CMHA

Mental Health Awareness Week

UK equivalent, usually a different week from the Canadian one. Same content, different timing.

Mid-May in the UK — confirm the date each year.

• Hormones and mental health

Run by Mental Health Foundation

World Thyroid Day

Thyroid symptoms and perimenopause symptoms overlap almost completely. High-value explainer moment.

• Symptoms
• Fatigue pathway

Menstrual Health Day

Mostly aimed at younger people. Our angle: what a changing cycle in your forties actually means.

• Menstrual pathway
• Early perimenopause

Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month

Brain fog is one of the most frightening symptoms. Strong month for the cognitive pathway and for calming bad headlines.

• Cognitive pathway
• How to spot junk science

Pride Month

Only worth doing if it is substantive. Link the hubs, do not rainbow the logo.

• Who this is for
• Trans and non-binary midlife

World Continence Week

Bladder symptoms are hugely common after menopause and rarely raised. Good partner moment with pelvic clinics.

Third week of June — confirm the date each year.

• Pelvic health
• Genitourinary pathway

Run by International Continence Society

Fibroid Awareness Month

Fibroids disproportionately affect Black women and drive heavy bleeding in perimenopause.

• Fibroid evidence
• Black women and midlife

Women's Equality Day

Quieter month. Usable for the workplace and economic-cost material.

• For work
• For employers