Monica Haider

Clean haircare brand adwoa beauty raised $4 million in funding. The brand, which includes shampoo, conditioner, curling cream, serum and oil is sold at Sephora locations. Founder Julian Addo’s mission is to bring back textured hair and modernize formulations, packaging and marketing in the industry.

After a friend’s untimely death, Debra Vanderhoff began exploring ways to tackle germs that exist on commonly-used touchpoints, such as door handles. She developed the GermPass, a decontamination chamber that uses UVC light, which is known to inactivate a type of coronavirus, to help kill germs.

The women at Reproductive Solutions were inspired to make a difference in the fertility treatment sphere, with a focus on sperm collection. During the pandemic they found that demand for their ProteX containers grew as many more male patients opted to produce samples from the comfort of their homes.

Afghan Girls’ Robotics team members have escaped Afghanistan for Qatar, and began studying under scholarships this week. It was painful leaving their families behind, but the uncertainty of Taliban and other factors prompted them to seek safety and continue their skills training uninterrupted.

The Taliban takeover put the future of working women at stake, and one daunting question remains: What will happen to the 56,000 plus businesses that women recently created? Women leveraged foreign aid and business mentorship to generate profit and be independent. Now that progress may be hindered.

Kathy Hochul, who became New York’s governor on Tuesday is one of only nine women in the United States currently in a governor position. Experts explain why there are fewer women than men in politics, pointing to unfair stereotyping and scrutiny.

This founder’s desire to help nursing moms led her to create pumpspotting—a breastfeeding app that includes content surrounding lactation basics, state policies and more. Her ultimate goal? To keep moms connected, lend them comfort and help them stay in the workforce for as long as they want.

Growing up in the South Bronx, this founder felt surrounded by unequal treatment. She decided to try and change the system. Ivelyse Andino created Radical Health in 2016 to allow for conversations, now on an app, surrounding healthcare with the hopes of helping people of all backgrounds.

A naturopath carved her career path in curing allergies after her son almost died from a severe allergic reaction. What began as a small business out of her home turned into two large centers with multiple practitioners, hundreds of patients and a successful approach to treatment.

Over 20 major companies and sports leagues including Nike, NBA/WNBA, Oracle and Comcast NBCUniversal have stepped up and partnered with Women In Sports Tech to widen and diversify jobs and other career enhancing opportunities for young women throughout the United States.

Cofounder of California-based company Aluna, Charvi Shetty shares how the device that tracks lung health helps asthma and coronavirus patients, and others with lung conditions take proactive measures to avoid unnecessary hospital trips. The device connects to the bluetooth of phones and logs data.