I haven't fully digested the WEF analysis, but it feels like the conversation between the two reports is:
AOA: “Women’s health works when funded correctly.”
WEF: “We still aren’t funding what matters most to women.”
Love the attention for women's health. I'd also appreciate your thoughts on why we're seeing two funding reports on women's health around the same time. Something to talk about at big conferences?
Just love how you're looking at how this is all connected. I agree on your analysis of the key messages - and the WEF report also launches its new tool to better capture investment data, which I think is the link between the two reports, since the WEF report also explains that a lot of what is getting funding isn't fully visible to investors right now. You're also absolutely right on the timings - conferences are classic moments to drop a big report like this because they provide an in-built discussion opportunity and media are looking for stories in and around these events anyway. The WEF report would naturally drop during Davos, and the AOA report could arguably have dropped at a number of other events, but the start of the year is ideal as a way to set the tone and narrative for 2026. My assumption is that there would have been some awareness behind the scenes of the various report drops to avoid any sort of clashes - at a minimum, most organisations would avoid a drop during Davos knowing that's WEF's space to lead unless it was a partnered report. I think the timings have worked out perfectly!
Interesting timing and alignment with the AOA Exit Report: https://aoadx.com/exit-report/
I haven't fully digested the WEF analysis, but it feels like the conversation between the two reports is:
AOA: “Women’s health works when funded correctly.”
WEF: “We still aren’t funding what matters most to women.”
Love the attention for women's health. I'd also appreciate your thoughts on why we're seeing two funding reports on women's health around the same time. Something to talk about at big conferences?
Just love how you're looking at how this is all connected. I agree on your analysis of the key messages - and the WEF report also launches its new tool to better capture investment data, which I think is the link between the two reports, since the WEF report also explains that a lot of what is getting funding isn't fully visible to investors right now. You're also absolutely right on the timings - conferences are classic moments to drop a big report like this because they provide an in-built discussion opportunity and media are looking for stories in and around these events anyway. The WEF report would naturally drop during Davos, and the AOA report could arguably have dropped at a number of other events, but the start of the year is ideal as a way to set the tone and narrative for 2026. My assumption is that there would have been some awareness behind the scenes of the various report drops to avoid any sort of clashes - at a minimum, most organisations would avoid a drop during Davos knowing that's WEF's space to lead unless it was a partnered report. I think the timings have worked out perfectly!