Celebrating Women's History Month
As March unfolds, so does a celebration of resilience, courage and achievement. Women's History Month is a chance to reflect on the contributions women have made across science, literature, politics, art, business and social change, and on the work that remains.
Women have shaped every field of human endeavour
Across history, women's work has too often been overlooked, under-credited or left out of the story entirely. Women's History Month creates space to revisit those contributions and to recognise both globally known figures and the women whose work transformed communities without becoming household names.
Marie Curie's research in radioactivity earned two Nobel Prizes. Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat became a defining act in the US civil-rights movement. Malala Yousafzai has campaigned internationally for girls' education, while Amelia Earhart helped change expectations around women in aviation.
It is also about the present
Representation
Women continue to be under-represented in many senior roles and technical fields. Representation matters not because all women think alike, but because institutions make better use of talent when opportunities are genuinely open.
Women's health research
Gaps in women's health evidence have real consequences. Conditions that disproportionately affect women have historically received less research attention, and women were under-represented in many areas of clinical research for decades.
Leadership
More women in decision-making roles means a broader range of lived experiences can influence priorities, funding and how products and services are designed.
The next generation
Girls need visible routes into science, technology, engineering and maths, along with education and workplaces that allow them to stay and progress.
Why this matters to femme
femme was built around a simple frustration: women's health deserves the same seriousness, evidence and innovation as any other area of healthcare. That means supporting better research, clearer information and women working across diagnostics, fertility, reproductive health and wider STEM.
We work with founders, clinicians, scientists and brands who are trying to improve how people understand and manage their health. Their work is part of a much wider movement to make women's health less overlooked and more evidence-led.
Progress is not finished
Women's History Month is not only about commemorating people from the past. It is also a reminder to question who gets funded, who gets promoted, whose symptoms are taken seriously and whose work is remembered.
Equality is not achieved by assuming all barriers have disappeared. It is built through practical changes in education, research, workplaces, healthcare and leadership.
Celebrating women, then and now
This month, we celebrate the women who changed what was possible and the women doing that work today. Their stories belong in the main text of history, not in the footnotes.
