Women make up nearly half of the global population, yet receive only 6% of private healthcare investment. That gap isn’t just inequitable; it suppresses global GDP, slows innovation, and limits the economic potential of every society.

In this episode, Khanyi Tshabalala traces the long history of women’s health from centuries of medical exclusion to the persistent myths that shaped research priorities and explores how the cyclical nature of women’s bodies has been misunderstood, under‑studied, and underfunded.