The Vagina Business (Paperback)
The Innovative Breakthroughs that Could Change Everything in Women's Health
Marina Gerner
WINNER OF THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD
This tech could change everything for women – here’s how.
From periods and childbirth to menopause, female pain has been normalized, as society shrugs and says ‘welcome to being a woman’ instead of coming up with better solutions. But it doesn’t have to be this way. In The Vagina Business, award-winning journalist Marina Gerner takes an eye-opening look at the innovators challenging the status quo to deliver the healthcare solutions women need.
With interviews from 100 entrepreneurs, researchers and investors across 15 countries, The Vagina Business explores the future of women’s health, where female-focused companies are developing products to help women at every stage of life. From a life-saving bra to non-hormonal contraception and new takes on fertility and menopause, it shines a light on innovation that matters. Women should not be denied solutions to health issues just because people are embarrassed to talk about vaginas. We deserve much better.
Marina Gerner is an award-winning financial journalist and columnist. Her work has been published in The Economist, Wall Street Journal, The Times, Financial Times, the Guardian, and Wired.
She is an adjunct professor at the NYU Stern School of Business and has a PhD from the London School of Economics.
Her ideas and research for this book have been awarded grants from the prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and The Society of Authors.
She was born in Kyiv, has lived in Frankfurt and New York, and is based in London.
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