RENEW GROUP EVENTBridging the Gap: Tackling Healthcare Disparities for Women📅 Date:Tuesday, 19 November 2025🕐 Time:13:00 - 15:30 CET📍 Location:European Parliament, SPAAK 5B1Co-Hosted byBilly KELLEHER Member of European ParliamentRenew Europe GroupFianna Fáil (IE) Veronika CIFROVÁ OSTRIHOŇOVÁ Member of European ParliamentRenew Europe GroupProgresívne Slovensko (SK) About the EventIt's time to bridge the gap. Join us for a crucial event dedicated to tackling persistent disparities in healthcare for women. This insightful and action-oriented discussion will bring together leading policymakers, healthcare experts and passionate advocates to drive real systemic change.This event offers a unique opportunity to exchange ideas on how to shape the EU's approach to a fairer, more representative and more inclusive health system for all women.Programme13:00Welcome remarksMEP Billy Kelleher13:05 - 13:50Panel I: Hidden by Design: The inequalities in the innovation-to-care cycleExploring gender bias and inequality in the innovation-to-care cycle.Moderator: MEP Billy Kelleher13:50 - 14:05Coffee break14:05 - 14:50Panel II: Closing the Gaps: Improving care for gender-specific conditionsStrategies to improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of gender-specific conditions.Moderator: MEP Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová14:50 - 15:20Reflections and Q&A with the audience15:20Closing remarksMEP Veronika Cifrová OstrihoňováSpeakersDilly O'BRIENHeadIreland's Women's Health ProgrammeColin O'DONNELLRepresentativeAstraZeneca Stine BOSSE Member of European ParliamentRenew Europe GroupRadikale Venstre (DK) Prof. Paola Anna ERBACo-ChairECO's Women & Cancer Workstream Dr. Denisa MARCIŠOVÁGynecologist & ObstetricianWomen's health advocate Dainius ŽALIMAS Member of European ParliamentRenew Europe GroupLietuvos Respublikos liberalų sąjūdis (LT)
It's time to bridge the gap. Join us for a crucial event dedicated to tackling persistent disparities in healthcare for women. This insightful and action-oriented discussion will bring together leading policymakers, healthcare experts and passionate advocates to drive real systemic change.
This event offers a unique opportunity to exchange ideas on how to shape the EU's approach to a fairer, more representative and more inclusive health system for all women.
Programme
13:00
Welcome remarks MEP Billy Kelleher
13:05 - 13:50
Panel I: Hidden by Design: The inequalities in the innovation-to-care cycle Exploring gender bias and inequality in the innovation-to-care cycle.
Moderator: MEP Billy Kelleher
13:50 - 14:05
Coffee break
14:05 - 14:50
Panel II: Closing the Gaps: Improving care for gender-specific conditions Strategies to improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of gender-specific conditions.