Oxford FemTech Society

🌼 Happy International Women’s Day 2025! 🙌 This year’s theme is about accelerating action for gender equality. As Oxford FemTech Society, we believe that supporting #education is one of the most powerful ways to do this. We envision a world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination, a world that is diverse, equitable, and inclusive, where women’s health, entrepreneurship, and leadership are not sidelined. We are dedicated to: ✅ Support women and girls in leadership, decision-making, business, and healthcare professions. ✅ Help women and girls as (potential) patients make informed decisions about their health. ✅ Provide women and girls with access to quality education and training opportunities. Early on, our President Christiane Hagel made education a core pillar of FemTech at University of Oxford, ensuring that knowledge and resources are accessible to all, and came up with the idea to establish a new book collection initiative. 📖 A Year of Impact: The FemTech Book Collection 🎉 Exactly one year ago, on #IWD2024, Christiane established the first FemTech Book Collection, inspired by hours spent in the library working on her PhD, surrounded by books and students, realising that there was not enough updated literature on women’s health with a link to empower women and girls to for example learn coding and business skills, but also on how women and women’s bodies have been misunderstood, stigmatised, and under- or misrepresented in history, literature, data and information. The fabulous librarians at Green Templeton College, University of Oxford were immediately convinced by the idea and helped establish the first FemTech Book Corner. And this year, we are thrilled to announce that our collection at Green Templeton College Library has grown again! The new additions cover topics such as: 📚 The history of how #womensbodies have been perceived in society. 📗 The global fight for #womenshealth and gender equity in medicine. 📙 Breaking barriers as #femaleentrepreneurs and raising funds for startups. 📘The cost of sexism, #reproductivepolitics, and endometriosis management. 💡 The collection is more than just a resource of knowledge, it is also an inspiration for #innovation and #entrepreneurship and empowers students to turn knowledge into action. After one year, we are proud to share that our collection is one of the most borrowed in the library, with shelves often empty due to the high demand! The big interest in these books proves just how important these conversations and literature are. Let’s support essential #voices from women who dedicate their time to write about FemTech, women’s health, and business to students worldwide, including male students and boys! We must educate them too especially about these topics! Let’s please also start to update medical literature and education to reflect gender equity and inclusivity! 💜 #AccelerateAction #IWD2025 #FemTech #WomensHealth, Sara Shaw, Denise Lievesley

Female Founders, We need you! We're collecting anonymous data on the barriers women face in entrepreneurship for research and Parliamentary submission. Join the 90+ women who have already shared their feedback TODAY 🙌 We'll share the findings publicly too so that everyone can understand the challenges and the changes that need to be made here in the UK. All anonymous. Do the survey here and share your voice before Monday 10th > https://lnkd.in/dw4CC7KN ♻️ Repost to help more female founders. Anyone is welcome to fill in the survey. I'm passionate about creating a world where opportunities are equal for all entrepreneurs if this resonates follow me for more Emmie Faust PS The Women and Equalities Committee will examine the barriers women face pursuing entrepreneurialism - all questions are in the document attached and more info here > https://lnkd.in/dCtRxp74

🚨 One week to go until our "Applications of FemTech in Clinical Care" event next week! If you haven’t secured your spot yet, there’s still time to grab a ticket!👇

✨ **Please help spread the word** ✨ We're looking for an intern to support our Product Development team in our London labs. We'd like to think this is a superb entry position into our world of #womenshealth #medicaldevices #bcorp. ✅ Work on groundbreaking technology in #drugdelivery ✅ Be part of a #missiondriven team shaping the future of women’s health ✅ Gain valuable experience in #productdevelopment Further info below - deadline 7 March. https://lnkd.in/eVecNjzC #Internopportunity #Innovation #healthcareinnovation #femtech #bthechange #miscarriagesupport #vaginalmicrobiome #callavid #drugdelivery

🚀 We are #hiring a Product Development Engineer Intern at Calla Lily Clinical Care—a fast-paced start-up in the women’s health space. This is a fantastic opportunity for an aspiring Product Development Engineer to gain hands-on experience in medical device innovation, working on cutting-edge products that make a real impact. If you or someone you know could be a great fit, please share the job spec or reach out! 📩 #Hiring #Internship #ProductDevelopment #WomensHealth #MedicalDevices #Callavid

🔍 New evidence shows link between endometriosis and physical traumatic experiences An international study has found evidence linking traumatic experiences and stressful events with endometriosis. According to the findings, the condition appears to be closely linked to trauma involving contact, such as in physical abuse or sexual assault. The study was based on observational and genetic data analyses from 8,276 women with endometriosis and 240,117 controls in the UK Biobank. Through genetic analysis, the researchers found that this relationship seems to be independent of genetic predisposition to endometriosis. 💬 Dora Koller, first author of the article and researcher at the Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics of the UB’s Faculty of Biology, notes that: “While psychological trauma has been associated with endometriosis, to date, there has been little information on the role of the type of trauma and genetic predisposition. “These results challenge established paradigms by uncovering shared genetic mechanisms linking endometriosis with post-traumatic stress disorder and other types of trauma, while providing new insights into how different types of traumatic events are associated with the disease.” Read more: https://lnkd.in/etaiuki6 #endometriosis #endo #womenshealth #womenshealthmatters #femtech #healthtech #genderhealthgap #research #innovation #healthinequalities #women 

Calling all entrepreneurs in women's health, Feb 24 is the deadline for the Catalytic Impact Foundation pitch competition: the Health of Women Impact Challenge that is part of Cure. Power of X conference. This Pitch Competition will take place during the CURE’s Power of X: Health of Women event in NYC on March 25th. The winner will receive an equity investment of $50,000 to $100,000 from CIF. Apply: https://lnkd.in/e_6wEXDC The Challenge is open to early-stage Women’s Health companies (Pre-seed – Series A), using a broad definition — any startup addressing conditions that affect women exclusively, disproportionately, or differently is encouraged to apply by Feb 24th. Help us get as many entrepreneurs working in women's health as possible to apply! Please spread the word! Thanks to the amazing leaders Richard Lipkin and Rachel Butler for making this opportunity possible!

Missed your chance to apply? We’ve got you covered! ⏳ New deadline: Feb. 22, 2025 ⏳ Tech4Eva is looking for groundbreaking Femtech start-ups ready to scale, disrupt, and make a difference. 🔥 Join our 6-month equity-free accelerator and get: ✅ Expert coaching & business model refinement ✅ Go-to-market strategy support ✅ Direct access to top investors & industry leaders ✅ A global network of Femtech innovators Do you have a solution improving women's health in areas such as: 🍼 Pregnancy & Postpartum 🧠 Mental Health & Wellbeing 🩸 Period Health 🧬 Fertility & Infertility 🤷♀️ Endometriosis 🍑 Sexual & Pelvic Health 🎗️ Oncology 🔥 Menopause Care 🩺 Prevention & Treatment 💀 Bone & Brain Health ❤️ Immune & Heart Diseases The future of women’s health can’t wait—neither should you! Apply now: https://hubs.li/Q036X9Mw0 Partners: Amboy Street Ventures, BioAlps - Swiss Health Valley, Business Angels Switzerland, Debiotech SA, Embassy of Switzerland in the UK, Essity, Femtech France, FemTech India, fermata, Inc., Foreground Capital, INSEAD Healthcare Club,Joyance Partners, Gesundheitsförderung Schweiz, SICPA, SICTIC, Swiss Biotech Association, Swissnex in Boston and New York, Swissnex in India, Consulate General of Switzerland, World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO Women of Wearables (wearables, health tech & femtech) EPFL Innovation Park Groupe Mutuel #FemTech #Startups #Tech4Eva #WomenInHealth #CallForApplications #medtech #digitalhealth

Endometriosis is not a 'white woman’s disease.' Data has consistently revealed that Black women are at an increased risk of experiencing worse outcomes when it comes to their reproductive health compared to their White counterparts. On average, it takes 8-12 years to get diagnosed, but Black women are 50% less likely to get a diagnosis at all, due to systemic racism in healthcare, according to Hertility's Inequality Report. Pain is dismissed. Symptoms are ignored. Access to care is limited. Even when diagnosed, Black women are less likely to receive surgery and more likely to experience complications. Reproductive justice is about seeing the bigger picture, because better healthcare, equitable access and dismantling discrimination is what it’ll take to create real change. This is about health, dignity and justice for all.

📢 Join Us for an Insightful FemTech Event in March! 📢 Explore the Applications of FemTech in Clinical Care and hear from experts about how women's health technologies are shaping medical practice from a patient and provider perspective. 📅 Date: March 5th, 6:00 - 7:30 PM 📍Location: Trinity College, Garden Room, Oxford 🍹 Networking Drinks: Kings Arms after the event Don't miss this chance to dive into the latest innovations, challenges, and opportunities in FemTech! Reserve your spot now! #FemTech #MedTech #WomensHealth #ClinicalCare #MedicalCare #Innovation Trinity College Oxford, University of Oxford, Oxford University Innovation, EnSpire Oxford