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Melinda French Gates Is Fighting to Close the Menopause Funding Gap

2026-09-08 · 46 min · 27 entities

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    Link in episode "Melinda French Gates Is Fighting to Close the Menopause Funding Gap": https://gatesfoundation.org/about/leadership/melinda-french-gates
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    Link in episode "Melinda French Gates Is Fighting to Close the Menopause Funding Gap": https://pivotal.com/founder
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Episode description as stored
In this episode of unPAUSED, Dr. Mary Claire Haver sits down with Melinda French Gates, philanthropist and founder of Pivotal, to talk about her call for a "menopause revolution" — including the $215 million in new funding for women's health she announced in her New York Times essay, bringing her total investment in women's health to more than $600 million in two years. Melinda opens with the numbers driving her urgency: nearly one in three women over forty has menopause symptoms severe enough to disrupt her life, only about one in four gets treated, fewer than a third of OB-GYN training programs teach menopause at all, and just five cents of every dollar spent on medical research goes to women's health. Melinda shares her own story — how, despite what she calls unbelievable privilege and access to the best health care in the world, it took three doctors to get the right care for her symptoms, and how chronic insomnia and brain fog left her doubting herself walking into meetings with world leaders and CEOs. She and Dr. Haver trace how the Women's Health Initiative halted research, education, and hormone therapy almost overnight, why the health care system was built for men's bodies by default, the racial disparities leaving women of color to suffer most with the least treatment, and the new research she's funding through Wellcome Leap into women-specific heart disease and microvascular diagnostics. The episode closes with Melinda's concrete advice for every woman who wants change: advocate for yourself at the doctor's office, educate your friends with credible information, contact your representatives, and vote — because midlife shouldn't be an off-ramp, but one of the most vibrant chapters of a woman's life. Guest links: Melinda French Gates (YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/@melindagates Melinda French Gates (Instagram) https://www.instagram.com/melindafrenchgates/ Melinda French Gates (Facebook) https://www.facebook.com/melindagates/ Melinda French Gates (LinkedIn) https://www.linkedin.com/in/melindagates/ Melinda French Gates (X) https://x.com/melindagates Pivotal https://www.pivotal.com/founder Moment of Lift Books https://www.momentoflift.com/ Melinda French Gates at the Gates Foundation https://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/leadership/melinda-french-gates Books: "The Next Day," by Melinda French Gates https://www.melindafrenchgates.com/ "The New Perimenopause," by Dr. Mary Claire Haver https://thepauselife.com/pages/the-new-perimenopause-book "The New Menopause," by Dr. Mary Claire Haver https://www.amazon.com/New-Menopause-Navigating-Through-Hormonal/dp/B0CKBZ4K1Z