Submitted by Melissa Searle on Thursday 15th January 2026
Published on Monday 16th February 2026
Current status: Open
Open until: Sunday 16th August 2026
Current Signatures: 183
(count is updated approximately hourly)
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Addressing ~ childbirth ~ Essential ~ fund ~ health care ~ Healthcare ~ Misogyny ~ Population ~ Severe ~ system ~ Threatened ~ UK population
Fund more research into gynaecological health from current 2.4%
Only 2.4% of public research funding goes to women’s gynaecological health and childbirth. I would like to see this massively increased and much more importance placed onto it.
Women make up 51% of the UK population, yet so many continue to experience reproductive health challenges. Many women live with painful periods, fibroids, or ongoing pain with no clear diagnosis. These experiences are too often dismissed due to such little research, which desperately needs to be increased.
Addressing misogyny within the healthcare system is essential. When women’s pain is not taken seriously, the consequences can be severe and life-threatening.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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