We're back in Parliament once again today as our CEO, Emma Cox, will be giving oral evidence to the Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) Inquiry into ‘reproductive conditions among girls and young women’.
This is the first time Endometriosis UK has been invited to give oral evidence to a Select Committee Inquiry, and it’s a huge privilege to be able to represent the 1 in 10 women and those assigned female at birth with endometriosis in the UK in this way.
All too often, young people are dismissed and told their pain is normal or that they’re simply “making a fuss over nothing”. Failing to recognise symptoms in young people can have a devastating lifelong impact, and it’s time the Government did better. We look forward to sharing our evidence later today to highlight the urgent need for change.
Earlier this year, the Women and Equalities Committee launched an Inquiry into ‘reproductive conditions among girls and young women’, and Endometriosis UK provided evidence as to why the Government must do better to improve care.
Endometriosis UK submitted written evidence to the Inquiry, including a survey response that found 98% of respondents said endometriosis has negatively impacted their mental health.
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