20-06-2025
Inside Women's Health in Focus: A global summit driving change in women's healthcare
Women's Health in Focus brought together medical professionals, researchers and wellness enthusiasts at the Asia Society Hong Kong Centre over two intensive days
On June 16 and 17, Women's Health in Focus: A Global Summit brought together medical professionals, researchers and wellness enthusiasts at the Asia Society Hong Kong Center. Hosted by Tatler Front & Female Awards nominee Maaike Steinebach and founder of Femtech Future, a boutique advisory firm for women's health and femtech; and Gen.T honouree Anca Griffiths, CEO and co-founder of OM Health Hub, the gathering addressed the blind spot in modern medicine.
'Anca and I are here because we had a dream, where women truly understand their bodies and feel equipped to take control of their health. A dream where companies recognise that supporting women's health isn't a perk, but smart business and the right thing to do. A dream where investors stop calling women's health 'niche' and start seeing it as one of the fastest moving sectors in innovation.'
The Women's Health in Focus's opening discussion featured Alyson J McGregor, author of Sex Matters , and Marjorie Jenkins, who exposed the gender bias embedded in contemporary healthcare with precision. Their panel set the tone for an event that refused to accept the status quo. It revealed that women spend 25 per cent more time in poor health than men on average, a gap which, if closed, could add more than US$1 trillion to the global economy annually by 2040.
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Photo 1 of 17 Anca Griffiths and Maaike Steinebach (Photo: courtesy of Nicole Burak)
Photo 2 of 17 Marjorie Jenkins, Anca Griffiths and Alyson J. McGregor (Photo: courtesy of Nicole Burak)
Photo 3 of 17 Kristina Snaith-Lense, Maaike Steinebach and Claire Melwani (Photo: courtesy of Nicole Burak)
Photo 4 of 17 Inside the summit (Photo: courtesy of Nicole Burak)
Photo 5 of 17 Fiona Nott, Yanie Soo, Sharmeen Shroff and Cassandra Szoeke (Photo: courtesy of Nicole Burak)
Photo 6 of 17 Inside the summit (Photo: courtesy of Nicole Burak)
Photo 7 of 17 Christopher Asandra, Lindsay Jang, Isabella Daza and Jill Van Vugt (Photo: courtesy of Nicole Burak)
Photo 8 of 17 Inside the summit (Photo: courtesy of Nicole Burak)
Photo 9 of 17 Iza Calzado Wintle served as the event's emcee (Photo: courtesy of Nicole Burak)
Photo 10 of 17 Jen Wannenmacher served as the event's emcee (Photo: courtesy of Nicole Burak)
Photo 11 of 17 Anca Griffiths (Photo: courtesy of Nicole Burak)
Photo 12 of 17 Sara Jane Ho and Maaike Steinebach (Photo: courtesy of Nicole Burak)
Photo 13 of 17 Inside the summit (Photo: courtesy of Nicole Burak)
Photo 14 of 17 Elisabeth Sorrentino, Anca Griffiths, Maaike Steinebach and Sarah Vee (Photo: courtesy of Nicole Burak)
Photo 15 of 17 Inside the summit (Photo: courtesy of Nicole Burak)
Photo 16 of 17 Inside the summit (Photo: courtesy of Nicole Burak)
Photo 17 of 17 Inside the summit (Photo: courtesy of Nicole Burak)