Back in 2017, Health Minister Greg Hunt issued a rare apology to Australian women.

He directed it towards the one in ten who suffer from endometriosis, noting that the condition should have been acknowledged at an earlier time. In a much more powerful way.

His apology came on behalf of all those in parliament and from the medical system.

The apology, during an Endo Active event in Canberra, featuring a number of different advocacy groups and “Endo Warriors" in the room, marked a major turning point for those who suffer from endometriosis in Australia.

Because previously, endometriosis had gone largely ignored or overlooked.

On this week’s Women’s Health Project, we’re exploring endometriosis in Australia: how far we’ve come, and the very long way we have to go.

It takes an average six and a half years for someone to be diagnosed with endometriosis. And even that is an improvement: that figure is down from an average seven to 12 years a decade ago.

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