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L'Oréal's Q3 2026 sales rose 11.9% to 11.56 billion euros, with double-digit growth in India and its Innovist stake completed, the company said on October 22.

L'Oréal's sales rose to 11.56 billion euros in July-September 2026, up 7.2% like-for-like, led by haircare and dermatological beauty; its region including India grew 15.8%.

US women can expect seven lifetime years caring for older relatives and friends, up from six in 2011, while men stay at four, a study announced on Oct 21, 2026 finds.

Australia's State of Workplace Burnout report, released in October 2026, found 36% of 999 workers burnt out, with broken systems and interruptions the main drivers.

ACOG's new menopause guidance, released October 15, 2026, drops the 'lowest dose, shortest time' hormone therapy rule and adds non-hormonal options.

Allegheny County Council in Pennsylvania voted 11-4 on October 20, 2026 to require 12 weeks of fully paid leave for parents after a birth, adoption or stillbirth.

A Hanwha survey of 3,000 South Korean women released October 21, 2026 found they do 23 hours of housework a week in dual-income homes with young children, men 12.

A University of Sydney study published October 14, 2026 found recorded family violence against Australian children rose 8-20% a year from about 2020.

Trump signed a women's health executive order on October 19, 2026, asking the NIH to set up a women's health division within 90 days and creating a White House task force.

Chhattisgarh High Court granted a husband divorce in October 2026, ruling insults over income, assaults and pressure to leave his elderly mother were mental cruelty.

Morocco's first government led by a woman, PM Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, was sworn in on October 16, 2026, with only two women as full ministers.

Il Fornaio will pay $3 million to settle an EEOC suit over harassment of at least 100 women, many teenagers, the agency said on 13 October 2026.

A Portuguese parliamentary working group on 13 October 2026 approved a plan for 180 days of fully paid parental leave when parents share it, and for single parents.

A US study of 1,603 first-year OB-GYN residents, 86.5% women, found 35.6% screened positive for depression and fewer than a third sought help.

IVI Institute's Fertility Barometer, released 13 October 2026, found 38% of UK mothers had children later than they wished, by six years on average.

Terry Bradshaw's memoir Looking for Terry, out October 13, 2026, details his clinical depression and how wife Tammy helps on hard days.

Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, Morocco's first woman head of government, announced a four-party coalition with 207 of 395 seats on October 12, 2026.

From October 2026, Karnataka approves women government employees' monthly menstrual leave automatically on the Kartavya app; officers cannot question or reject it.

A review of 2.1 million pregnancies found no clear rise in harm after GLP-1 drug exposure around conception, but authors say the drugs are not proven safe in pregnancy.

A Gallup-Pivotal poll published Oct 8, 2026 finds 44% of British women say health limited their lives; 29% cut work hours and only 22% understand menopause treatments.

Women report higher relationship and sexual satisfaction when male partners share the household mental load, a 2026 study of 452 people and 156 couples finds.

Fatima Zahra El Mansouri, named Morocco's first woman PM on September 29, 2026, is in harder coalition talks as an October 20 budget deadline nears.

Lakmé Fashion Week x FDCI runs in New Delhi from October 13 to 18, 2026, with Péro opening, Amit Aggarwal closing and Manish Malhotra back after three years.

Celine Dion sang at a L'Oréal Paris runway show during Paris Fashion Week on 28 September 2026, extending a return to live performance after a rare neurological diagnosis.