Women Empowerment: Social Entrepreneurship in Menstrual Hygiene and Female Health – African and European Perspectives

We cordially invite you to an upcoming webinar co-hosted by Siemens Stiftung and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), on the new learning portal “Academy for Impact”:

Women Empowerment: Social Entrepreneurship in Menstrual Hygiene and Female Health – African and European Perspectives

The webinar will showcase how pioneering female social entrepreneurs from Africa and Europe are transforming the menstrual health sector through innovative solutions and impactful networks. Learn from their experiences – challenges as well as success factors – and explore the latest research driving change in the Global South and North.

Date: Thursday, March 6, 2025
Time:  11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. CET / 1:00 – 2:15 p.m. EAT

Speakers:

  • Silvia Fernandez Castro (Research Economist, LMU Munich, Germany) will share insights on how social stigma and taboos impact economic development.
  • Blandine Umuziranenge (Founder & CEO, Kosmotive, Rwanda) started her social business in 2014 to improve reproductive, maternal and child health in Rwanda and throughout Africa.
  • Bettina Steinbrugger (Co-Founder & CEO, “erdbeerwoche”, Author “Bloody Business”, Austria) with her start-up focuses on breaking the taboo around menstruation and fosters sustainability in menstrual health products and services since 2011.
  • Nancy Nyaleso (Executive Director, Empower HER Initiative, Kenya) has streamlined with Empower HER financing, real-time tracking, and last-mile distribution of period products through its groundbreaking e-wallet DIGNIFY since 2019.

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To attend, please register via the Academy for Impact platform.