05/28/2026
Today is May 28.
The International Day of Action for Women's Health.
Most people don't know this day exists. That's part of the problem.
In 1987, women gathered in Costa Rica and proposed something simple: one day a year where the world would be asked to take women's health seriously. Not as a benefit package. Not as a market segment. As a right.
Nearly 40 years later, that ask is still being made.
Right now, more than 700 women die every day from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. Countries are falling behind on universal health coverage. Political and funding rollbacks are dismantling decades of hard-won progress. And women, as always, are being told to advocate harder in systems designed to overlook them.
That's not advocacy. That's asking women to carry what systems should be required to fix.
This year's May 28 Call to Action was co-created by over 100 organizations across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
The theme is three words that should not still need saying in 2026:
๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐๐ก. ๐๐ค๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก.
At You Are Supported, we build for the women the healthcare system forgets after discharge. Women recovering from breast cancer, cardiac surgery, stroke, and more, who go home and are left to figure out the rest alone. Our Patient and Family Advocacy Guide exists because navigating the healthcare system should not require a degree.
Today we're asking you to do three things.
Read the 2026 Call to Action at may28.org.
Share it with someone who needs to see it.
Visit youaresupported.com and download the free Patient and Family Advocacy Guide.
The women in Costa Rica started something. We don't get to stop now.
