From May 15th to 17th 2025, a great gathering of female doctors from across Northern Europe (and beyond!) took place in Cambridge, graciously hosted by the Medical Women’s Federation.

Topics covered included:

  • “kindwashing”

  • the health benefits of exercise and good nutrition, and the nuances of B12 supplementation

  • the collective power of medical women’s groups

  • the influence of the gender balance of guidelines committees on the guidelines they produce

  • sexual harassment and assault of healthcare workers in their workplace

  • the importance of gender in the operative autonomy of trainees, and in cardiac investigations

  • the gender pay gap in medicine

  • the impact of gender on medical women’s working lives

  • violence against women and girls

There were many fascinating poster presentations, and powerful calls to action from MWIA President Eleanor Nwadinobi, incoming MWF President Prof Dame Jane Dacre, and Professor Stella Vig who delivered the Dame Hilda Rose Lecture.

Many thanks to the MWF and MWIA for hosting a warm and collegiate conference, and to our own friends at Medcafe for providing online access!