Bridging the Gender Gap in Health Care Innovation: The Evolution of FemTech
Jenny Castillo Cato, Kayleigh-Ann Clegg · 2026
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Jenny Castillo Cato and Kayleigh-Ann Clegg trace the rise of FemTech in a 2026 perspectives article. Women are half the world's population yet remain underrepresented in health research and funding. The article notes that only about six percent of private health investment goes to women's health, and that women's symptoms are often dismissed or misread as emotional.
FemTech, a term coined in 2016, covers technology built for women's health, from cycle tracking to pregnancy care and telemedicine. The authors argue the sector can widen access, push research forward, and chip away at deep gender gaps, though funding and bias remain steep barriers.
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| CREATOR | Jenny Castillo Cato, Kayleigh-Ann Clegg |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 8069 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |