30/04/2026
It’s time we expand what “safety” really means…
It was World Day for Safety and Health at Work this week.
And finally, this conversation is no longer personal. This is systemic change to keep women employed and positive. And I could not be more excited about it.
In Australia, updates to the Work Health and Safety Code of Practice now reinforce that workplace facilities must support the health, safety, and dignity of workers.
That includes access to basic hygiene needs, with lack of access to period products and appropriate facilities now recognised as a real health and safety risk, including psychosocial harm.
And globally, the shift is accelerating.
A draft international standard, ISO 45010, is now recognising menstruation and menopause as occupational health and safety considerations, not just wellbeing topics.
For the first time, women’s health is being integrated into safety systems.
For clarity, menopause and women’s health are not “women’s issues”. They are workforce participation, safety, and retention issues.
At a time of ongoing skills shortages, women are a critical part of the solution…yet many workplaces still have little to no menopause or women’s health literacy.
And that is where change can happen. The organisations that move now won’t just meet expectations…they will set them.
If you are ready to move from awareness to action and make menopause support standard workplace infrastructure, let’s talk.