December 2024 - The Sustainable Femtech Network Newsletter
The festive gift guide you didn't know you needed
🎄🎄🎄 Ho ho Ho! Season’s Greetings from Sustainable Femtech Network! 🎄🎄🎄
This month, our usual December newsletter is taking a little holiday of its own.
Instead, we’ve cherry picked some of our top stories from 2024 to create what everyone has been waiting for…
🎁 The Sustainable Femtech Network 2024 Gift Guide 🎁
That’s right, the gift guide you truly didn’t know you needed is here.
Here are our top gifts, selected from our 2024 archive of sustainable femtech news, resources and more!
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🏦 For the women’s health innovator in your life who’s changing the world
A portion of the $1 billion grant funding Melinda French Gates and Pivotal Ventures have committed to women’s health over the next two years. Yes please! We’ve asked Santa to put a word in for all the femtech innovators and women’s health orgs who’ve been very, very good this year.
👄 For your lover or your bestie
Treat that special person in your life (and yourself) to a Tenga Iroha Petit biodegradable sex toy
Copyright - Tenga
🍓 For the friend who has everything…literally everything
Cupboards overflowing with sustainable menstrual health products? Yes us too! Why not consider these new tampon dispensers from Dame, made of recycled strawberry cartons. Better still, this would look great in your workplace.
Copyright - Dame
🤖 For those who love a gadget (AKA your Product Design team)
The gift that keeps on giving - check out the Design council’s excellent guide on how to design for repair.
🩲The New “Old Reliable” (AKA Dump the Socks)
You heard it here first, reusable period pants are the new Socks for Christmas. Seriously. Choose from brands like Knix, Ruby Loves and Modibodi for a range of non-toxic, PFAS-free options. Want to make it even more festive? Check out Wuka’s limited edition cracker gift box.
⭐ Our Star Buy
We love Dr Brittany Barreto’s work - her new book “Unlocking Women’s Health: FemTech and the Quest for Gender Equity” should be on everyone’s list this year.
Copyright - Dr Brittany Barreto
This has been an amazing year for Sustainable Femtech Network. Thank you for being part of it.
See you in in the New Year!
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