Women Empowerment: Social Entrepreneurship in Menstrual Hygiene and Female Health 06.03.2025 • 11:00 - 12:15 (CET)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) and Siemens Stiftung invite you to a webinar on our new “Academy for Impact” learning portal. The webinar will showcase female social entrepreneurs from Africa and Europe innovating in menstrual health and present recent research.
Agenda | Program
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.
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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”, Writer “Bloody Business”, Austria) has focused with her start-up on breaking the taboo around menstruation and on sustainability in menstrual health products and services since 2011.
- Nancy Nyaleso (Co-Founder & CEO, Empower HER Initiative, Kenya) started in 2019 her initiative to provide access to digital wallets to flexibly manage menstrual hygiene while promoting women and girls as agents of social and economic change.
Opening remarks:
- Dr. Nina Smidt (CEO, Siemens Stiftung)
- Dr. Elke Siehl (Director General Sector, Global Programmes, GIZ)
Moderation:
- Irene Genzmer (Gender Commissioner, GIZ)
- Belinda Abraham (International Development Specialist, Viva con Agua)
