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leveling the playing field for women’s health content & businesses

from online platforms to financial services

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We gather evidence to demonstrate the scale of digital suppression (eg social media censorship) and infrastructure bias (eg bank account refusal) for the women’s health ecosystem.

Our research has been widely featured in outlets like The Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, FT’s The Banker and on BBC Radio.

If you’re a brand, charity or individual: contribute to our research using the links below.

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SOCIAL MEDIA SURVEY

Click HERE to access our Social Media Censorship Survey.

Women’s health and sexual wellbeing content is commonly censored on social media platforms. Let us know your experiences.

Our research was reported on in The Times, Glamour, The Daily Express, and others.

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FINANCIAL SERVICES SURVEY

Click HERE for our Financial Services Survey.

With The Guardian, we’re monitoring financial services refusal/difficulties for femtech and sexual wellbeing companies. Let us know if you’ve experienced this. Our initial research was published HERE.

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EU Survey

Click HERE to access our European Union-focused survey on men’s and women’s health censorship.

This survey focuses on paid digital ads by brands operating in the EU; we gather data from men’s and women’s health companies to analyse discrepancies. We are working on this research with The Case for Her.

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95% of respondents experienced at least 1 incident of censorship on social media in the last 12 months

- CensHERship Research

about
CensHERship

CensHERship is an advocacy and research initiative addressing censorship and bias of women’s health content, products and businesses across digital platforms, financial systems and regulatory environments.

Women’s health censorship happens across all social media platforms (and elsewhere in the digital and financial world). It silences and suppresses brands, educators, charities and content creators.

Our research, advocacy, legislative action, partnerships, education and consultancy garners change through external pressure and internal change.

We are a mouthpiece and beacon of connection for those affected.

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Why
CensHERship Matters

Our team has experienced social media censorship first-hand, and since 2024 we’ve been proving that this and other examples of infrastructure bias are not one-offs, but systemic issues.

Social media censorship ranges from women’s health vocabulary (period, vagina, vulva…) being restricted and impacting reach, through to paid ads for women’s health and sexual wellbeing products being routinely rejected. Organic and paid content is often removed after launch or placed behind a restrictive sensitivity cover. Accounts are deleted.

Women are not being allowed to own the narrative around their own bodies, female bodies are viewed through the lens of male sexuality and female-led brands cannot grow. Women are missing out on potentially life-saving information from charity and women’s health campaigns.

This impacts women’s health outcomes, economic outcomes and perpetuates shame and stigma about women’s biology.

What can you do? Fill in our surveys above to help us collect your experiences of censorship.

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Interested in working together? Get in touch for:

  • Consulting services, education & training

  • Keynote speaking & expert comment

  • PR & brand partnerships

  • We’re also looking for funding & practical help