International Women’s Day should be a time to celebrate women, honour progress, and acknowledge the work still ahead. But today, Fiona Kane explores the uncomfortable truth: not all women are included anymore.

In this episode of The Wellness Connection, Fiona unpacks why International Women’s Day feels increasingly political, exclusionary, and inconsistent. She shares concerns about women’s safety, the erosion of women-only spaces, confusing health messaging, and how “inclusion” often seems to apply to everyone except women themselves.

Fiona also highlights the topics mainstream IWD discussions avoid - from women harmed in prisons and shelters, to women silenced for raising safety concerns, to global issues like female genital mutilation and the oppression of women in places like Iran and Afghanistan.

If you’ve ever felt that International Women’s Day has lost its meaning, or that the conversation now excludes the very people it claims to support, this episode offers an honest, grounded take.

In this episode, Fiona discusses:
• Why International Women’s Day feels politically one-sided
• The growing hypocrisy around “safety” and “inclusion”
• Why women’s spaces, sports, and events are no longer protected
• Confusing health messaging that avoids the word “women”
• Women worldwide who are ignored in IWD conversations
• The decline in honest conversations about violence against women
• Why questioning narratives matters for women’s health and wellbeing

If you care about women’s rights, real inclusion, and protecting all women, not just the politically convenient ones, this episode is worth listening to.

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Credit for the music used in this podcast:

• Intro Music by Musinova from Pixabay
• Outro Music from Pixabay