HealthTALK

Why Women Need to Pay Attention to Femtech, Now!

Femtech is how new tech can help us live longer, healthier and with less burnout, especially for Black women and girls.

Femtech, short for female technology, covers digital tools, diagnostics, wearables, telehealth and medical devices built specifically for women’s health. From periods and fertility to menopause, HIV/STIs, pelvic health and beyond. The term was coined in 2016 to give a fast‑growing but long‑neglected field a clear identity and to attract serious investment and research attention.

Why should the HealthTalk Group care?

Femtech is not just more apps, it is a practical way to close care gaps, counter burnout and improve outcomes for women who are too often dismissed or underserved by the system, especially Black and women of colour. The UK and US data are unambiguous.

The Hidden Language of Menstruation and the Silence Around Black Women’s Pain

In every doctor’s office, there is a quiet vocabulary that determines how women’s pain is recorded, treated or dismissed. Words like dysmenorrhea, menorrhagia and amenorrhea are not  just medical jargon, they are signals, codes that unlock care or close the door to it.

Yet who gets to use these words and who gets heard when they do, tells a bigger story about health inequity than most of us realise.

Understanding the Terminology

Behind each clinical term lies a lived reality: