Women’s health programmes entered a new phase of understanding in the 1990s, culminating in the 1995 Beijing Conference. A very broad concept of women’s health needs throughout their life-cycle was agreed upon, which included women’s rights to have these needs met. Traditional mortality indicators alone such as life expectancy and maternal mortality can thus no longer be relied on to accurately measure women’s health status. We need to develop new and creative ways to measure well-being for women of all ages.
