Bridging the Gap: Tackling Healthcare Disparities for Women

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Bridging the Gap: Tackling Healthcare Disparities for Women

📅 Date:
Tuesday, 19 November 2025
🕐 Time:
13:00 - 15:30 CET
📍 Location:
European Parliament, SPAAK 5B1

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About the Event


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.

Moderator: MEP Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová
14:50 - 15:20
Reflections and Q&A with the audience
15:20
Closing remarks
MEP Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová

Speakers


Dilly O'Brien, Head of Ireland's Women's Health Programme

Dilly O'BRIEN

Head

Ireland's Women's Health Programme

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Colin O'Donnell, AstraZeneca

Colin O'DONNELL

Representative

AstraZeneca

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Prof. Paola Anna Erba, Co-Chair of ECO's Women & Cancer Workstream

Prof. Paola Anna ERBA

Co-Chair

ECO's Women & Cancer Workstream

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Dr. Denisa Marcišová, Gynecologist, obstetrician and women's health advocate

Dr. Denisa MARCIŠOVÁ

Gynecologist & Obstetrician

Women's health advocate

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