Oct302025

Policy

Rural Women’s Health: Opportunities for Innovation and Investment

Virtual Congressional Briefing: October 30, 2025 | 12 p.m. ET


04:00 PM to 05:00 PM

Virtual

Rural Women’s Health:
Opportunities for Innovation and Investment

HealthyWomen hosted a congressional briefing about rural women’s health. Experts and advocates explored the urgent health challenges facing women in rural communities and highlighted innovative solutions that are improving access and outcomes, strategies for scaling and sustaining those successes, and the role of emerging advancements in driving real progress. We examined the economic case for investing in rural health innovation.

View the recording below to learn more about this work, its ripple effect across the women’s health ecosystem and actions that Congress can take to continue to make progress for women everywhere.

Opening Remarks

Beth Battaglino

Beth Battaglino, RN-C
President and CEO, HealthyWomen

Speakers

Christine Hamp, MPA

Christine Hamp, MPA
President, National Grange

Joyce Knestrick, PhD, CRNP, FAANP

Joyce Knestrick, PhD, CRNP, FAANP
Professor, George Washington University School of Nursing; Family Nurse Practitioner, Wheeling Health Right

Ariana McGee

Ariana McGee
Founder and CEO, Navigate Maternity

Elizabeth Wallace

Elizabeth Wallace
Executive Director, Mobile Healthcare Association

Closing Remarks

Martha Nolan

Martha Nolan
Senior Policy Advisor, HealthyWomen

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