Dear social media platforms, policymakers, investors, and tech leaders:

We are founders, healthcare professionals, charity leaders, educators, creators, campaigners - and people simply trying to talk about our bodies.

But we are being censored.

Across social media, content about women’s health - from menstruation and menopause to fertility, postpartum recovery, and sexual wellbeing - is being taken down, restricted, or labelled as inappropriate.  

CensHERship's research shows 95% of respondents have experienced censorship and nearly 4 in 10 have experienced it 10+ times over the past 12 months.

Medically accurate, non-sexual posts are flagged as “adult content.” Ads for health innovations are rejected. Visibility of taboo-breaking information is throttled. 

And when we ask why, we are left without answers.

This is not just an inconvenience. This is holding back innovation in women’s health, blocking public access to essential health information, and - we fear - it is costing lives.

Closing the women's health gap could unlock a $1 trillion annual boost to the global economy, according to McKinsey and the World Economic Forum. Yet the people building that future — especially female-led businesses and charities — are being stifled by systems that confuse healthcare with obscenity.

We call on those with power to act:

Social media platforms must stop treating women’s health content as inherently sexual or inappropriate. Moderation systems must be updated to reflect medical context, fairness, and gender equity.

Policymakers must help bring platforms to the table. And they must ensure digital regulation addresses gender bias and recognises the public health and economic cost of this issue.

Investors and industry leaders must back women’s health innovation and ensure the infrastructure exists for these businesses to scale without censorship.

We should not have to replace vagina with ‘V-word’ or talk about menopause as ‘the change’.

We will not avoid topics like libido, discharge, prolapse and periods - because we need to talk about real bodies, real experiences, and real health concerns.

We will not stop our work to advance healthcare for more than half of the world’s population.

This is your call to level the playing field for women’s health.

SIGNED BY:

Hundreds of women’s health leaders, including:

• Anna O’Sullivan, Co-Founder - CensHERship

• Clio Wood, Co-Founder - CensHERship

• Christina Ljundberg, Partner - The Case for Her

• Sophie van Dijk, Founder - Women’s Health Innovation Council

• Valeria Leuti, President - Tech 4 Fem

• Athena Lamnisos, CEO - Eve Appeal

• Dr Tosin Sotubo-Ajayi, medical doctor

• Dr Aziza Sesay, medical doctor

• Sarah Graham, journalist and author

• Maria Gerner, journalist and author

• Verena Singman, Global Head of PR - LoveHoney Group

• Bonnie Hatcher, Co-Founder - Evelynn Health

• Clare Simpson, CEO - Nexus

• Anna Maxwell, CEO - Maxwellia

• Rhiannon White, CEO - Clue

• Sarah White, CEO - Jean Hailes for Women’s Health

• Justyna Strzeszynska, Founder - Joii

• Dr Tori Ford, Founder - Medical Herstory

• Dr Lyndsey Harper, CEO - Rosy Wellness

• Dr Alex Levy, medical doctor

• Dr Roselyn Bonilla, medical doctor

• Dr Jessica Kline, medical doctor

• Dr Carolita Heritage, medical doctor

• Charlie Cohen, CEO - Mooncup

• Amy Keenan, CMO - Hello Inside

• Helen O’Neill, CEO - Hertility

• Priya Chande, Retail Director - WUKA

• Wizz Selvey, CEO - Valerie

• Saundra Pelletier, CEO - Evofem Biosciences

• Linda Christin Hoff, Chairwoman - Femtech Studios

• Rebecca Sternberg, CEO - Aquafit Intimate

• Cindy Gallop, CEO - MakeLoveNotPorn

• Anne Philpott, Founder - The Pleasure Project

• Polly Rodriguez, CEO - Unbound Babes

• Amber Vodegal, CEO - 28X

• Farah Kabir, CEO - Hanx

• Wendy Powell, CEO - Mutu System

• Megan Swan, investor

• Laura Coryton MBE, Founder Sex Ed Matters, Campaigner

• Leonard Picardo, investor & NED

• Tess Cosad, CEO - Bea Fertility

• Nuria Antoja Hollenstein, Regional Marketing Director - BodyForm

• Kate Prince, Public Affairs - Essity

• Lucia Vernino, CMO - Geen

• Jennifer Nadel, CEO - Compassion in Politics

• Anna Ornela, Digital Intimacy Coalition

• Kelly Newton, Co-Founder - Nixi Body

• Dr Hannah Ditchfield, academic

• Lucy Thompson, N.I.P Charity

• Rena Greifinger, philanthropist

• Charlotte Holgersson, academic

• Dr Sophia Yen, CEO - Pandia Health

• Simone Sabbione, CEO - Meliodays Medical

• Abigail Mercado, CEO - Rescripted

• Dr Nika Dro, medical doctor

• Lucy Whitehouse, CEO - Fumble

• Sanna Thöresson, Partnerships Manager - WASH United