The new year has brought a renewed vigour towards achieving ‘Health for All’ agenda, with conversations, actions and investments gaining momentum across the globe. Realising this vision requires women’s reproductive health to be placed at the center of our discussions. While significant progress has been made in reducing maternal mortality, many people still lack access to respectful reproductive healthcare, good quality contraceptives, and information. From women’s sexual and reproductive health to tropical diseases, the challenges are many. In fact, the weight of some of the world’s most debilitating and threatening diseases falls heavily on countries striving to ensure quality healthcare for its citizens and guarantee water, sanitation and hygiene standards. A closer look reveals that it is the woman who will bear the pain of its diseases and related morbidities. Representing a cohort of diseases including Lymphatic Filariasis (LF), Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL), Leprosy, Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) not only compromise the health of those it affects, but also undermine agency and voice – especially that of women and girls. Physical manifestations of LF, VL, leprosy and others exacerbate prevalent social and economic inequities, often pushing women further into the clutches of poverty. As we celebrate the first ever World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Day, we must strive to understand the ‘gendered’ nature of NTDs to devise prevention and elimination strategies that put women at an equal footing of receiving proper healthcare.