Profile
I am passionate about: I'm passionate about social justice, gender equality, empowering adolescent girls via well researched and human-centered design innovations that help them help themselves improve their lives, health, and likelihood to reach their fullest potential.
A little known fact about me is: The socioeconomic challenges of my childhood influenced my empathic sensitivity to the unmet health needs of adolescent girls globally. As a teen, I committed to taking action for positive impact and the realization of global gender equality.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leisa-hirtz-8b188a8/
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Toronto, ON, Canada
Product Developer & Social Entrepreneur
Women's Global Health Innovations
"Everyone, no matter where they are born, has the right to live with dignity."
I have worked for over 30 collective years in clinical healthcare delivery, research, product design, development and program implementation. In 2013, I founded Women’s Global Health Innovations (WGHI) to realize my mission to be a dedicated social impact entrepreneur and passionate innovator in the development of adolescent girls’ and young women’s menstrual, sexual and reproductive health products and support services. Personally, I'm an avid reader, traveler, skier, scuba diver, snorkeler, visual artist and jewelry maker and the proud mother of my wonderful 23-year-old daughter.
Research
22pt
Idea
82pt
Evaluation
7pt
Collaboration
143pt
Total
254pt
Our aim is to help achieve SDGs #3 & #5, improve stock-out issues, and deliver environmentally smart HCD menstrual and novel SRH solutions.
We aim to implement the novel Bfree Duo to help 5k+ refugee adolescent girls with menstruation and reproduction in Bidi Bidi and Palorinya.
Our contribution solves the challenge of the ever-present stock-out scenario particularly related to access to repeat contraceptives.
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