Although deeply in need of femtech, South-east Asia's development in this area is lagging behind compared with the West
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Femtech, a term coined in 2016, refers to the use of technology to develop software or hardware products, tools, and other applications that primarily focus on women’s health. Femtech products include fertility solutions, period-tracking apps, pregnancy and nursing care apps, women's sexual wellness apps, reproductive system health care apps, menopause care apps, and mental health care apps.
Femetch startups came into being because women are not getting the proper healthcare they need. Although gender equality has been deemed as a social norm in most of the developed countries, it is unfortunately not the case in the rest of the world. Gender bias in medicine is still entrenched in lots of countries around the world, which accounts for an important reason why women’s health issues have been under-served thus far, even while digital health has gained traction.