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This free tool is designed to help you tackle bias and have a constructive conversation with your healthcare provider. Track your pain, record your symptoms and learn what to do when facing bias.
See the facts
Get more information about the Gender Pain Gap in the Index Report our team prepared.
1 in 6
Women experience severe pain every day1Women are in pain more often
and more
severely
than men21 in 2
women feel they had their pain ignored or dismissed because of their gender3
Real women’s stories
Having your pain dismissed and ignored can lead to emotional and physical turmoil. Read our case studies that show the experiences of real women.
Katie, 53
I’ve had various health issues, gynae and non-gynae related, throughout my life. Like many women, I always suffered from fairly painful periods and I had a miscarriage at 26 which started as spotting but then I was in pain...
Read Katie’s story
Tonia, 34
Generally, I would say I have a high pain threshold (mostly from constantly being dismissed and having to ride the storm) but it has been a mixed bag of management. Sometimes I feel like they just want to get rid of me...
Read Tonia’s story
We hear you,
we support you,
we see your pain.
1 in 6 women* experience severe pain everyday, yet their pain is consistently overlooked in healthcare, underrepresented in research and dismissed due to ingrained gender biases. This leaves their pain misunderstood and mistreated.
SEE MY PAIN is our pledge to make sure that all pain is seen, regardless of gender.
UNDERSTANDING THE PAIN GAP
The Gender Pain Gap refers to the phenomenon in which pain in women is more poorly understood and more mistreated compared to pain in men due to systemic gaps and biases.
KNOWLEDGE & RESEARCH GAPS
As the UK Government stated in its recent Women’s Health Strategy, a ‘male as default’ approach exists in research and clinical trials, which means less is known about pain conditions that predominantly affect women or about how conditions affect men and women differently.
LONG-TERM IMPACT
Living with pain without seeking proper medical attention has an impact on women’s lives. This impact is felt in many ways, with 41% reporting that it causes them trouble sleeping and 39% saying that it leaves them less able to exercise. Most worryingly, almost a quarter of women report that pain has led them to feeling depressed compared to less than a fifth of men.
See Our Commitments
At Nurofen we pledge to make a difference, to do all we can to help make women's pain visible.
VISIBLE IN RESEARCH
Nurofen is committed to gender balance in the design, conduct and analysis of clinical research and commit to including, studying, and understanding women in research.
VISIBLE IN HEALTHCARE
Nurofen will invest in training to specifically support HCPs identify and overcome any gender bias within their daily work, with training reviewed by Nurofen's HCP advisory board.
VISIBLE IN PRODUCT
Nurofen commits to innovation that brings new and improved solutions for women's pain.
VISIBLE OVER TIME
Nurofen is committed to commissioning the Gender Pain Gap Index Report regularly to track progress on closing the gap over time.
Read our Gender Pain Gap index report
We’ve commissioned an annual report to make women’s pain visible. We will track the Gender Pain Gap over time and share our learnings with the whole industry.
All information presented on these web pages is not meant to diagnose or prescribe. In all health matters for further information or medical advice, please speak to your doctor or pharmacist.
References
- GPG Index Survey References Document (26.08.2022 16.00GMT)
- Hoffmann, Diane E. and Tarzian, Anita J., “The Girl Who Cried Pain: A Bias Against Women in the Treatment of Pain” (2001). Faculty Scholarship. 145.https://digitalscommons.law. umaryland.edu/fac_pubs/145
- GPG Index Survey References Document (26.08.2022 16.00GMT)