Dr. Olivia Ahn is the co-founder of Planera, the femcare start-up behind the market’s first flushable sanitary pads. Having founded Planera in her final year of medical school, Olivia went full-time into business after completing her medical foundation training in 2019. In this TedX talk she discusses the current approach to sustainability that often forces consumers to compromise on product performance, cost…
UNICEF East Asia and Pacific and the Australian Government have partnered to scale up Oky, the first digital period tracker designed for and with girls, across the Indo-Pacific region. This digital menstrual health and hygiene application provides important sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information to adolescent girls to help them better manage their health and wellbeing. “COVID-19 has disrupted access to education…
Period product company Aisle has been selected as the 2021 recipient of the $100,000 Social EnterPrize, a biennial award that was created by the Trico Charitable Foundation in 2011 to celebrate excellence in social entrepreneurship in Canada. Redefining the period aisle for the 21st century is the mission of this innovative social venture. Co-Founders Madeleine Shaw and Suzanne Siemens are creating period products for every body while at the…
50-65% of women in the EU take supplements every day with some spending up to €2500 each year. Yet many of them are unhappy with the products available to them, unsure what is in them and what effect they actually have on their health. A new generation of women’s health companies is now recognizing this large gap in the market and setting…
Pain is the biggest topic when it comes to women’s sexual health issues, yet few treatment options exist for universal experiences like genital pain and menstrual pain. A recent MysteryVibe study found that their device Crescendo, which is engineered to address genito-pelvic pain disorder, can also be instrumental at reducing period pain. Gender bias in healthcare services is a prevalent issue with most providers dismissing…
Louise Klintner, who some of you may know from her work with Impact Fund The Case for Her, has recently published a study titled “Normalizing the Natural: A study of menstrual product destigmatization” and we’re excited to share a summary of her finding with you in a guest post today. Read on and learn more about how product stigma can have a…
Jennis, founded by Olympic and World Heptathlon Champion Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill, has raised £1M in pre-seed funding for its movement-focused wellbeing and Cycle Mapping app. The round was led by Maki.vc with participation from existing investor Venrex and silent angel investors. Jennis uses science-backed expertise to help users adjust their fitness program to their personal hormonal and menstrual cycle, helping them achieve maximum physical…
A new study commissioned by international women’s healthcare brand, INTIMINA and conducted by YouGov, revealed a shocking gap in men’s knowledge of women’s menstrual cycles. With 1,091 U.S. males surveyed, only 41% of men could correctly identify what exactly menstruation is. Of these findings, 52% believed a menstrual cycle to be a duration of 1-6 days, when in fact a menstrual cycle is between…
