Shaili Chopra Is Leading India’s Menopause Revolution—And It’s About Time

For centuries, menopause has remained one of the most under-discussed aspects of women’s health in India. Despite being a universal biological transition, it has been wrapped in silence, and treated as a personal struggle rather than a phase of life that deserves attention, care, and conversation. Women endure the hot flashes, the exhaustion, the mood swings, and the uncertainty—often alone, without a clear guide on what is happening to their bodies. But now, one woman is changing the script.

Shaili Chopra, a journalist, author, and fierce advocate for women’s rights, is leading a movement to bring menopause out of the shadows and into mainstream discourse. Through her groundbreaking initiatives, like the Fab Over 40 Menopause Club and an all-India roadshow, she and her team are not only normalising conversations around midlife health but also ensuring that women in India receive the resources, medical care, and community support they need.

A Platform for The Pause & Midlife: The Birth of Gytree

Chopra’s foray into the world of midlife and menopause was not a mere business decision—it was a mission born from the realisation that India lacked a structured, science-backed space where women could seek help for this inevitable life transition. As the founder of SheThePeople, she tapped into the community and asked them to share the gaps in their health journey. And so, Gytree was born—a digital health and wellness platform exclusively designed for midlife women navigating menopause and hormonal shifts.

Unlike traditional wellness platforms that focus on weight loss, beauty, or general health, Gytree is deeply rooted in medical research and female biology. It offers personalised nutrition plans, access to gynaecologists and endocrinologists, symptom trackers, and a supportive community—all aimed at helping women manage their midlife health with confidence.

For the first time, Indian women had a space where they could openly talk about why they were suddenly feeling exhausted, why their sleep had disappeared, why they were gaining weight despite eating the same way they always had, and why they felt unlike themselves. It was a revolution in itself: to have a place where women were not dismissed, where their symptoms were taken seriously, and where solutions were built with them in mind.

As one Gytree user put it, “I didn’t even know perimenopause was a thing. I just thought I was losing my mind. Finding Gytree was like finally getting answers no one else was giving me.”

Bringing Midlife Stories to the Screen

But building a platform wasn’t enough. Chopra knew that the best way to drive a real shift in mindset was through storytelling. And so, she embarked on another bold initiative—India’s first documentary on menopause.

The documentary, still in the making, is a deeply personal yet universally relevant project. It doesn’t just showcase medical facts; it tells the real stories of women navigating midlife in all its complexity. There are homemakers who have dedicated their lives to their families, only to feel invisible as they age. There are teachers who continue to inspire students while struggling with hormonal changes no one talks about. There are marathon runners who refuse to let menopause slow them down, teenage mothers who are now experiencing early menopause, and celebrities who are using their influence to shed light on this silent struggle.

By capturing these experiences on film, Chopra is ensuring that the faces of menopause are seen, their voices heard, and their realities acknowledged. The documentary isn’t just about breaking the taboo; it’s about offering representation, making sure that every woman watching knows she is not alone.

A teacher featured in the documentary shared, “For years, I have stood in front of classrooms, but no one ever told me that one day, I would feel so disconnected from my own body. This film makes me feel like I am finally being understood.”

A Global Stage for an Overlooked Issue

Even with a platform and a documentary in motion, Chopra knew there was more to be done. Awareness needed to extend beyond individual conversations—it needed to reach policymakers, corporations, doctors, and health professionals. It needed a stage big enough to demand attention.

That’s when she, through her platforms Gytree and SheThePeople, announced Asia’s first-ever Menopause Summit.

For the first time, India will host an event that brings together global and Indian experts, researchers, healthcare professionals, and policy influencers to discuss menopause not as an afterthought but as a critical health and economic issue. It will be a space where science meets society, where women’s voices take centre stage, and where solutions—policy-driven, corporate-driven, and medically driven—are put on the table.

The summit is not just a conference; it is a declaration. It is India, and Asia at large, stating that women’s midlife health matters.

A corporate executive set to speak at the summit said, “We have workplace policies for maternity, but not for menopause. It’s time that changes. Women in their forties and fifties deserve the same support as new mothers.”

Not Just a Conversation, But a Movement

Menopause has long been treated as an invisible struggle, but Chopra is making sure it is no longer ignored. Through Gytree, through storytelling, and now through global summits, she is redefining what it means to age as a woman in India.

What she is building is more than a company, more than a documentary, more than an event. She is building a movement—one that will change how doctors treat women in midlife, how workplaces support ageing employees, how families understand and respect the struggles of mothers and grandmothers, and how women themselves approach this new chapter of life.

For too long, menopause has been dismissed as "just a phase.” But with Gytree and SheThePeople at the helm, it is finally being recognized for what it is—a major life transition that deserves knowledge, care, and most importantly, dignity.

India’s menopause revolution has begun. And this time, it’s loud, bold, and impossible to ignore.