MESSAGE Outputs

On this page you will find details of the publications, reports and briefing packs put together by the MESSAGE project.

MESSAGE Publications

Publication

Mar 2025

Women are woefully under-researched—the Message project aims to redress the balance

Publication

Jul 2025

NHS 10 year plan: Another lost decade for women’s health

Publication

Jul 2025

Are sex and gender dimensions accounted for in NICE guidelines? A systematic review of 223 clinical guidelines

Publication

Jul 2025

Practical steps are required to prioritise women’s health in research globally

Publication

Jun 2025

Breaking the cycle: Why women of reproductive age belong in all areas of health research

Publication

Nov 2024

Scientific consideration of sex and gender is the responsibility of the many, not the few

Publication

Jul 2024

Integrating sex and gender into biomedical research requires policy and culture change

Publication

Mar 2024

Women’s health needs beyond sexual, reproductive, and maternal health are missing from the government’s 2024 priorities

Publication

Dec 2023

A whole sector approach to policy change will accelerate integration of sex and gender in research

Publication

Aug 2023

UK medical research funders must do more to support sex and gender equity

Policy Lab Materials

The MESSAGE project is running a series of Policy Labs over 2023-24. These Labs bring together representatives from across the UK research sector to co-design a sex and gender policy framework and discuss policy implementation.

You can read more information about each Policy Lab below. Each briefing pack contains detailed background information used to inform Policy Lab participants and support discussions during the events. Each report summarises the content of the discussions held during each event.

May 2023