The Society was founded by Linacre DPhil Bioscience student Sophie Gray. It aims to promote understanding of the health gap and to encourage engagement with and discussion of intersectional technology-based solutions for the health and wellness of women and gender minorities across Oxford. The FemTech industry tackles both health issues that disproportionately or differently effect women and non-binary individuals – for example mental health, patient advocacy, and work-place wellness as well as devising solutions for challenges that can arise from having a female reproductive system such as endometriosis and polycystic ovarian disease.
Librarian, Laura Unwin, is grateful to the Femtech Society for this brilliant addition to the library and keen to continually expand College collections to reflect the diverse needs of our interdisciplinary and international community. She said;
“Thank you so much to the Oxford FemTech Society for donating a series of books on women’s health to the Linacre Library. They are a very valuable addition to the collection and will help highlight the issues faced by Linacre students in this currently under-represented area.”
The books will be displayed in the glass cabinet in the lobby before they find their permanent home in the Linacre Library.
