Menopause Awareness Month: A Conversation for Us All

Not Just a Women’s Issue — Menopause Shapes Communities

There’s a growing recognition that menopause isn’t just a women’s issue. It’s a community issue. A cultural issue. A human issue.

Every one of us has been shaped by women; by mothers, aunties, teachers, colleagues, friends. And the health of women’s bodies ripples through every layer of society. When women are well, families are well. Communities are well.

Yet, despite living in 2025 with access to unprecedented knowledge, women continue to walk into my clinic saying they have been dismissed, misunderstood, or told that “it’s just part of getting older.” Many of these women are doctors themselves. The medical system, even with all its progress, continues to fail women in one of the most significant transitions of their lives.

But menopause is not an illness. It is a natural initiation; physical, emotional, and spiritual — that calls for understanding, reverence, and support. When women are given space to be heard, to be informed, and to attend, nourish and nurture themselves, something shifts: not just in them, but in the whole community around them.

We are living in a time where the wider world feels torn by conflict, injustice, and systems rooted in domination and separation. It can feel overwhelming — and yet, change begins intimately. It begins in our homes, our workplaces, and our daily conversations.

When women choose themselves, when we support one another through the thresholds of perimenopause, menopause, and beyond — we restore something essential. Compassion. Connection. The power of shared humanity.

Menopause awareness is more than advocacy for women’s health — it’s an invitation to reshape the way we all live together. To build communities where care and understanding replace judgement and silence.

This month, as we honour Menopause Awareness Month, I invite you to begin a conversation. With your partner. Your daughter. Your colleague.

May we Ask: How can we better support each other through change?

Because when women thrive, we all thrive.