Melissa Berton
About Melissa Berton
“Melissa Berton is a powerful and compassionate speaker for gender equality. She has a great story to tell about working with women, girls, men and boys across the world for human rights, and winning an Academy Award with them in the process. Melissa was our "human rights star" in a weekend of community activism across Connecticut. She speaks so warmly and clearly. People lit up as they listened to her, and were moved, motivated and informed. Melissa has a natural and engaging way with people across society, from students to business people, Senators, and movie stars. It was a joy to work with her and she really helped our cause. ”
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Menopause Takes Center Stage: A Movement for Justice & Visibility
For centuries, menopause has been cloaked in silence—treated as a footnote in medicine, a punchline in culture, and a full stop in a woman’s perceived relevance. In this provocative and inspiring keynote, Academy Award-winning producer, educator, and Forbes 50 Over 50 honoree Melissa Berton reframes menopause not as an ending, but as a beginning.
Drawing on her work as Executive Director of The Pad Project, Melissa connects the dots between long-standing cultural biases and the lack of education, medical research, and workplace resources for women in midlife. She reframes menopause not as a personal inconvenience, but as a pivotal societal moment—one that demands we shift not just how women see themselves, but how institutions value and uplift them. With history, hope, and humor, she calls on audiences to rewrite the cultural script: from invisibility to visibility, from dismissal to power.
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Media coverage
Why Supreme Court made menstrual hygiene a fundamental right and what schools must provide
The court’s reasoning is anchored in the concept of “substantive equality”. While Article 14 of the Constitution guarantees equality before the law, the court noted that treating everyone exactly the same may perpetuate inequality.
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