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Tackling Menstrual Cup Hygiene and Period Poverty | Show notes for episode 165 with Sophie Haccou

Picture of Sophie Haccou (right) and her co-founder Aart Rozendaal (left) showing their product Casey. Sophie is the guest in episode 165 of the podcast Women Disrupting Tech titled 'Tackling Menstrual Cup Hygiene and Period Poverty'.

CupHub co-founder Sophie Haccou explains why one in eight women in the Netherlands can’t afford period products, and why menstrual cups, despite being cheaper long-term, come with their own barrier: nowhere to rinse one away from home. In episode 165 of Women Disrupting Tech, she shares how Casey, a portable rinsing device, tackles both problems.More

From Fragmentation to Collaboration in FemTech | Show notes for episode 159 with Maaike Steinebach and Sophie van Dijk

Pictures of Maaike Steinebach (left) and Sophie van Dijk (right) on the artwork for episode 159 of the podcast Women Disrupting Tech titled 'From Fragmentation to Collaboration in FemTech'

More than 90 FemTech companies in the Netherlands are working to close the gender health gap. Until FemTech NL connected them, most didn’t know the others existed. In episode 159 of the podcast, co-founders Maaike Steinebach and Sophie van Dijk walk through what it actually takes to align a fragmented industry: better data, better funding, and a shift from competition to collaboration.More