Celebrating International Women's Day
Posted: 6th March 2025
Women remain significantly underrepresented in health innovation and technology, facing barriers in funding, leadership, and career progression. Despite women-led start-ups delivering strong returns and fostering inclusive innovation, they receive less than 2 per cent of health-focused venture capital funding.
The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is #AccelerateAction, and today (6 March) we have published a paper with clear recommendations for system-wide support to accelerate gender equity in HealthTech.
Empowered through innovation: Women shaping the future of HealthTech
Last month, Health Innovation Yorkshire & Humber hosted ‘Empowering Innovation: Women Shaping the Future of HealthTech’, bringing together female-led start-ups, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders to explore how we can collectively support women working in HealthTech.
Kimberley Frost, lead for Women in HealthTech at Health Innovation Yorkshire & Humber, has blogged in full about the success of the event which you can now access on our website.
The event convened key stakeholders to not only identify challenges, but drive actionable solutions, our new report is based on discussion themes from the event and includes recommendations for a unified system-wide approach to supporting women in HealthTech.
Download the report in full: Empowered by Innovation report and recommendations
Empowering Every Woman: International Women’s Day 2025
Our West Yorkshire Innovation Hub Director, Amy Lochtie, is speaking on a panel at the NHS Confederation’s International Women’s Day event. Amy will be reflecting on the role of policy, advocacy and innovation in transforming women’s health.
You can watch the highlights of the event on the NHS Confederation website.
UN Women UK
Four Health Innovation Yorkshire & Humber staff have been accepted as a UN Women UK participants at the 69th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69).
This year’s theme, “For All Women and Girls – Equality. Rights. Empowerment,” is a powerful call to action for collective change. This global movement is made up of thousands of advocates dedicated to advancing gender equality and women’s rights.
Inclusivity is key to ensuring all voices are heard and driving meaningful action. We’re proud to be part of a movement that fights for every voice to be heard. For real progress. For a future where all women and girls thrive. Find out more.