Tackling The Women’s Health Taboo In The Workplace
Everyone has an opinion on women's health, but the real question is: how are we showing up to support women across the age spectrum? Women's health is not going anywhere. Speaker will discuss how workplaces encounter 'taboo' topics, and the direct impact they have on the (lacking) healthcare benefits and wellness offerings of employers.
Learning Objectives:
- Explore an expanded definition of women's health beyond the bounds of fertility & reproductive health.
- Why do workplace reports consider the age range of women in the workplace to be between 20-54 y/o yet the health and resources for women across this age spectrum are focused on reproductive years only?
- The importance of valuing 'menopausal' women, and how to keep one of the fastest growing employee populations (i.e. women over the age of 40) supported, healthy, and in the workforce.
- How employers can develop better and more adequate healthcare offerings to meet the real needs of their female workforce, including better education, more inclusive health plans, and support groups.
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Alessandra Henderson
Alessandra Henderson is the Co-Founder & CEO of Elektra Health, a next-gen women's healthcare platform on a mission to smash the menopause taboo. Elektra empowers the 50M women navigating menopause in the US – and the millions more abroad – with evidence-based education, care & community. Prior to Elektra, Alessandra spent 10+ years building early stage consumer businesses from the ground up at Artsy, the MIT NYC Startup Studio, and Human Ventures. She holds a B.A. from Vanderbilt University and MBA from Sloan MIT, where she received the Martin Trust Community Fellow Award and the Patrick McGovern Entrepreneurship Award. Her work has been covered by The NY Times, Fast Company, Techcrunch, the Financial Times and more.
Dr. Tina Opie
Dr. Tina Opie is an Associate Professor of Management, and an award-winning teacher and researcher, consultant and speaker. She is the founder of Opie Consulting Group LLC, where she advises large firms in the financial services, entertainment, media, beauty, educational, and healthcare industries. Her research has appeared in such outlets as O Magazine, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, and Harvard Business Review and she has been published in multiple academic journals. She is also a regular commentator on Harvard Business Review’s Women at Work podcast and Greater Boston’s NPR affiliate television station WGBH.