Celebrate World Menopause Day 2025 in the Workplace
World Menopause Day, held each year on 18 October, is an opportunity to raise awareness, reduce stigma, and support those experiencing menopause at work and in the community.
Our Guide to Celebrating World Menopause Day 2025 in the Workplace gives you five practical, ready-to-use ways to show support.
Whether it’s through sharing messages, putting up posters, hosting an event, or taking part in our new quiz, the actions in this guide are designed to spark conversations and normalise menopause as part of everyday workplace wellbeing.
The guide also includes 18 resources of interest, carefully chosen to provide evidence-based information, stories, and advice for workplaces and leaders.
By taking even small actions, your organisation can help reduce stigma, improve wellbeing, and retain valuable skills and experience in your workforce.
Download our free guide by filling out the form.
While around half the population will go through menopause, it is still too often surrounded by silence, misunderstanding, or stigma. Workplaces can play a powerful role in changing this story.
Our Guide to Celebrating World Menopause Day 2025 in the Workplace offers five ways organisations can mark the day and show commitment to creating inclusive, supportive environments.
What it covers:
Share Why Menopause Matters
Posters & Social Media Graphics
Host an Event
World Menopause Day Quiz 2025
18 Resources of Interest
Scan the QR Code to take the quiz!
Take the World Menopause Day Quiz 2025
Looking for a fun way to spark conversations in your workplace? Try our annual menopause quiz!
The quiz is designed for everyone, whether you’re experiencing menopause, working alongside colleagues who are, or simply wanting to learn more.
With 13 brand new questions for 2025, it’s a chance to test your knowledge, challenge common myths, and pick up fresh insights from Aotearoa and beyond.
You can take it individually, with a friend, or even as a team activity at work. You could use it as a thought-provoking icebreaker in staff meetings, an activity for a lunch-and-learn session, or something to share in your newsletter.
4 out of 10 people going through menopause have experienced symptoms at work.
SEEK New Zealand, 2025
At work, 70% of women said menopause symptoms negatively affected them physically, 68% mentally, and 53% in terms of performance.
“Life doesn’t end with menopause; it’s the beginning of a new adventure. Strap in and enjoy the ride!”
— Helen Mirren