A special podcast series on Women’s Health and Gender Inequalities has been created by the WHO, UN University International Institute for Global Health and the BMJ, to mark the 25^th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action on Women, a landmark global blueprint for women's rights. The series looks at what has progressed in the last 25 years, current and emerging issues relevant for women and their health, and future priorities for women's health and gender equality.

Episode one: Campaigning for change

In this episode, Adrienne Germain, President Emerita, International Women's Health Coalition, from the USA talks to Fila Magnus, the Communications Director of the International Youth Alliance for Family Planning (IYAFP), from Malaysia. 26 years on from the Beijing Platform for Action, what tactics and strategies have been effective for advocates, what has been achieved and what remains to be done to improve women’s health?

Episode two: The science of women’s health

Lulit Mengesha, a medical student from Ethiopia, in conversation with Cara Tannenbaum, the Scientific Director of the Institute of Gender and Health at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. How have women been excluded from research, what impact does this have, and what action is needed to make data and science work for women?