Through an engaging lightning-fast presentation, she explains how the placenta works, why it is crucial for both mother and child, and shows off the baby's "first home" in the womb. Maybe we'll even get to see a real, newborn placenta live on stage.

In this panel discussion, we discuss where research on women's health is still lacking, and what historical and systemic challenges characterize treatment and the understanding that gender affects health. We highlight taboos, inequality in health services, and the need for more openness about everything from menstruation and fertility to menopause and mental health.

Here you will meet patient associations, non-profit organizations and professionals who share knowledge and experiences. You can ask questions, learn more about how hormones affect the body and mind at different stages of life – and get useful tips about women's health that you can take with you.

The Oslo Emergency Medical Student Association provides experienced first aiders who provide practical training with a focus on heart disease and stroke in women. You will also learn basic CPR under expert guidance.

Together with Sister Solidarity, a voluntary organization that collaborates with local actors globally, we sew durable, washable and comfortable pads. The workshop also creates a space to talk openly about periods across cultures and experiences.

All equipment is available, and you don't need any prior knowledge. Help break down taboos and provide practical support to women and girls in need – one stitch at a time.

At the festival we focus on fibromyalgia, endometriosis, adenomyosis and migraine/cluster headaches. The conversations are open to all generations and genders, and include both medical expertise and participants as experts in their own lives.

We start in plenary with short professional introductions about the diagnoses, and then the conversations take place in respectful and supportive groups. Everyone participates to the extent they wish. Welcome to learning, support and good conversations.

The story takes us back to 1943, when eight women in Arvika stood trial after helping each other with abortions. The show is a performative docu-soap that premiered in 2022 under the name Aborthärvan.

A specially adapted version will be shown at the Women's Health Festival, and the art group OTALT will talk about the project and present the new book that documents the work. OTALT is a feminist art group from Arvika consisting of Anna Ehnsiö, Helene Karlsson and Sara Falkstad.

Katti Anker Møller was a radical in her time. She advocated for obstetric care for unmarried mothers and access to contraception, which was met with ridicule. In 1916, she organized the Maternity Home Exhibition, a nationwide exhibition that put maternal and child health on the agenda.

The presentation concludes with a tour of the Maternity Home Exhibition at the Medical Museum, which continues to showcase her important work and contributions to women's health.

In the spring of 2023, mother of two and academic Line Normann Hjorth was diagnosed with breast cancer, and shortly after, her mother, author Vigdis Hjorth, received the same news. In the book *Cool in the Chest. The Year We Got Sick*, they describe the dramatic upheaval a serious diagnosis brings.

The conversation addresses the course of treatment, challenges as a patient and relative, and how they handle roles they have never experienced before. The conversation is led by Wenche Mühleisen and provides both insight and reflection on breast cancer and women's health.

Here you will meet patient associations, non-profit organizations and professionals who share knowledge and experiences. You can ask questions, learn more about how hormones affect the body and mind at different stages of life, and get useful tips about women's health that you can take with you.

The Oslo Emergency Medical Student Association provides experienced first aiders who provide practical training with a focus on heart disease and stroke in women. You will also learn basic CPR under expert guidance.

Together with Sister Solidarity, a voluntary organization that collaborates with local actors globally, we sew durable, washable and comfortable pads. The workshop also creates a space to talk openly about periods across cultures and experiences.

All equipment is available, and you don't need any prior knowledge. Help break down taboos and provide practical support to women and girls in need – one stitch at a time.

In collaboration with the National Center for Women's Health Research, we invite parents, grandparents, and others with experience to open conversations. Here you can share stories, learn from others' experiences, and help shape the future of maternity care.

The discussions take place in smaller groups around café tables, and the event is open to everyone. Senior Consultant Liv Ellingsen from the Department of Obstetrics at Rikshospitalet, Oslo University Hospital, and presenter of the Women's Health Podcast, will lead parts of the discussions and share her professional insights.