Women's health in focus: The Southern Palatinate calls for participation!

Women's health in focus: The Southern Palatinate calls for participation!

These are exciting times for women's health in the Southern Palatinate! Women's Health Weeks will take place from September to November 2025 under the motto “Next, please!” instead of. This special event aims to strengthen knowledge about women's health, promote exchange and focus on gender-sensitive medicine. The Wochenblatt Reporter describes that various event formats such as lectures, courses, walks and online offers are on the program.

Whether yoga, forest bathing or self-defense, the offering is diverse and is intended to appeal to women of all ages. For example, a yoga class in Kandel on September 2nd is exciting. On September 13th, a forest bath in Herxheim invites you to slow down. There are also special offers for pregnant women, such as meditative creative times. The health and well-being of women are clearly a priority.

A variety of dates and offers

Here is a selection of other dates that take place as part of Women's Health Weeks:

• 15. September: Yoga für den Rücken (Rülzheim)
• 25. September: Zeit für mich – Yoga (Rülzheim)
• 1. Oktober: Japanisches Heilströmen (Bad Bergzabern)
• 9. Oktober: Online-Themenabend zu PCOS
• 4. November: Online-Vortrag über Wechseljahre & Beruf

Special attention is paid to girls between the ages of 11 and 16, who are given the opportunity to develop self-confident postures and learn to say “no” in special courses. These courses include role plays about everyday, boundary-violating situations and preventive information about sexual violence. An accompanying parent seminar will be offered on October 11th to provide insight into the course content and information on prevention, as Südliche Weinstrasse reports.

Why is women's health important?

Women's health is not just a buzzword, but a central topic in medical research. According to Health Research, female bodies often require different medical treatments than male ones. This often happens due to years of neglect of female perspectives in medical teaching. Gender-sensitive medicine is therefore becoming increasingly important in order to understand and eliminate the health differences between the sexes.

Those interested should visit the Women's Health Week homepage and register for the offers. The events are an excellent opportunity to learn more about health from a female perspective and to network with like-minded people. Further information can be found on the websites of the Südliche Weinstrasse, Kreis Germersheim and Landau can be found.

Women's Health Weeks are an opportunity to expand your knowledge and promote better health care. So anyone who wants to take care of their health is warmly invited to take part!