Our (FemTechnology) Nature Commentary on a Holistic Approach to Women’s Health
Check out our piece in Nature Reviews Bioengineering titled:
“A Holistic Approach to Advancing Women’s Health.”
This isn’t just a call for more research into “female-specific” conditions, it’s an argument that women’s health is foundational to advancing biomedicine as a whole.
Too often, women’s health is sidelined as niche, underfunded, and under-researched. We propose a different lens: one that treats women’s health as a driver of innovation that can unlock better care and new scientific breakthroughs across the board.
Key themes from the piece:
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Built to Fail Her? AI’s Invisible Bias in Women’s Health (and How We Fix It for Everyone)
AI is rapidly reshaping healthcare, promising a future of precision and personalization. Yet, for over half the global population—women—this future is dangerously unclear.
Why Women’s Health Is Costing Your Business Millions Per Year (And What To Do About It!)
Is your company bleeding money without even knowing it?
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What If a Book Knew You? Introducing Empire of Memories: The AI-Personalized Novel Reimagining Storytelling
Empire of Memories: The AI-Personalized Novel Reimagining Storytelling
In a world where health systems, apps, and platforms all claim to be “personalized,” we still rarely encounter experiences that truly see us. Which is part of the thesis behind, Empire of Memories: a Book That Remembers You : orianakraft.com/empire
The system wasn’t broken. It was designed that way.
Ever wonder why women’s health “malfunctions” so consistently? Why reproductive care, mental health treatment, and medical research seem to fail women in predictable patterns? What if these aren’t bugs – they’re features?
Empire of Memories is an interactive novel where you become a character with a secret history. Set in a fractured world where choices manifest as threads of energy, this isn’t a story you just read – you live it.
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Empire of Memories: The Interactive Novel That Changes You
Not About Women’s Health — But Everything to Do With It
Before I built FemTechnology and ORI, I wrote Empire of Memories a book about power, memory, and what happens when choices become visible.
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Because Who Tells the Story Shapes the System (In Women’s Health & In Society)
Empire of Memories is a personalized, interactive novel that lets readers shape the plot, blending speculative fiction, memory science, and power dynamics.
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How do the stories we tell shape the technology we create? – WebSummit
Why is it so important to talk about content at a tech conference? Because, although technology powers our modern society, it is the stories we tell, and content we create, that drives how that technology is applied and what we choose to use tech for.
Think about it: would Instagram or TikTok or Facebook or even OpenAi (especially OpenAi and their large language models (LLMs)) be anything without content, without stories? No.
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Unveiling the state and future of FemTech:
Illuminating Insights from Digital Health Insider and Light-it’s Roundtable 
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Why is women-Centric-Cancer-Care a prime case study for redesigning healthcare with women in mind?
Women are 34% more likely than men to experience severe side effects from cancer treatments (for immunotherapy that number rises to a 50% increased risk of serious side effects).
A study conducted by a major cancer centre found that cancer treatment often fails to take into account the personal needs of women:
How The Stories We Tell Shape Our Society (in Women’s Health and Beyond)
As children, we absorb the stories we are told. Fairytales. Marvel superheroes. We soak up their meanings and structures as facts and organizing principles.
As a society we function in the same way: we live guided by unseen codes and hidden systems. The problem with hidden systems? They hold us back without our ever even knowing it.
That’s certainly the case with #womenshealth — what we fund impacts what we know, what we study and the therapies that come to market.
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ESG Alignment on Women’s Health
Ever since ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) became a governmental priority, people have increasingly started thinking about the under-representation of women in business, science and clinical trials, resulting for instance in the passing of the EU’s landmark 40% quota for women on corporate boards. However there are still no frameworks for quantifying how much and who supports women’s health.
Women-Centric Cancer Care
Women are 34% more likely than men to experience severe side effects from cancer treatments. But why is this the case? Research suggests that gender stereotypes may play a role in the cancer experience.
Femtechnology University Series x ETH Zurich: What we learned…
This university series aims to discuss how to transition from women’s health to founding a femtech start-up. During our session at ETH Zurich, we had the honor of hosting four panelists: Sabrina Badir, Prof. Dr. med Susanne Wegener, Prof. Dr. med Beatrice Beck Schimmer and Liliane Brunner Halbach. Read More “Femtechnology University Series x ETH Zurich: What we learned…”
Femtechnology Summit 2023 – The Role of the Media in Women’s Health Workshop
During the FemTechnology Summit Workshop on The Role of the Media in Women’s Health, we wanted to discuss the many uses of social media for health-related purposes (e.g., interventions, health campaigns, medical education, and disease outbreak surveillance) as well as the potential risks patients and healthcare professionals (e.g., poor-quality information, damage to professional image, breaches of patient privacy, and legal issues), and in particular in relation to women’s health.
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Women’s Health, Productivity and Equity
Women’s health is a crucial component of overall wellbeing and productivity. Unfortunately, there is still a significant data gap when it comes to understanding and addressing women’s health needs. The gender data gap refers to the lack of accurate and comprehensive data on the experiences of women and girls in a variety of areas, including health.
This data gap has serious implications for women’s health outcomes, as it can lead to a lack of understanding of the unique health needs and challenges faced by women. It can also limit the effectiveness of healthcare interventions and policies aimed at improving women’s health.
How does DEI fit into FemTech space?
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is an essential aspect of any industry or field, and the FemTech space is no exception. FemTech is a growing market that focuses on developing and innovating technology solutions for women’s health and wellness. This industry has the potential to significantly impact the lives of women worldwide, particularly those from diverse backgrounds who often face additional barriers to accessing quality healthcare.
In recent years, there has been a push for greater DEI in the tech industry as a whole, and this push has extended to the FemTech space as well. There are several ways in which DEI fits into the FemTech space:
Who Is Looking To Close The Gender Data Gap?
Let’s take a look at a few companies that are taking action to close the gender data gap in healthcare.
Collaborating with Roche at the FemTechnology Summit 2023
We asked Roche why they wanted to collaborate on this year’s FemTechnology Summit. Check out their answer and take a look at the beautiful venue for the FemTechnology Summit 2023!
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