Under the Sisterhood
Under the Sisterhood podcast will honor female experiences. During each episode, our host Elizabeth Elfenbein meets with women ages 18 to 100+ and has intimate conversations to get under the hood of their individual journeys through womanhood, with the intention to see and hear one another and hold space for female expression. Together, we dive into many aspects of the female experience, creating an outlet for women to share their stories, their ideas, their creation and their wisdom. Bringing in guests of many generations, cultures and backgrounds, we approach historical issues of women’s empowerment and open dialogue for new perspectives on women’s embodiment across cultures and worldviews.
Season 1 "Being a Woman in Today's World"
Season 2 "Women's March of Voices"
Season 3 "Women Making the World Healthier"
Under the Sisterhood is a podcast that celebrates women's voices and perspectives. With the help of podcast producer and editor Matt Butler, our host and producer Elizabeth will create space for women to be seen, heard and celebrated. Music by Ayla Schafer.
Under the Sisterhood
Malene Hegenberger on creating innovative solutions to support women during childbirth.
Today we’re getting under the hood of Malene Hegenberger a mother, daughter, sister, friend, women’s advocate, innovator, midwife, and founder of Hegenberger Speculum.
Malene was educated as a licensed nurse in Denmark in 1998. After working in neonatal care at Kings College Hospital in London, she attended midwifery school in Bergen, Norway, completing her studies in 2002. She worked as a midwife and nurse in Norway, St.Kitts in the West Indies, Denmark, and the USA. She is currently a perineal specialist midwife at Slagelse Hospital in Denmark and is the inventor and developer of the Hegenberger Retractor. Malene is the second midwife to invent an obstetric tool since the French midwife Anne-Marie Boivin (17773-1841).
Malene founded the company HegenbergerSpeculum in 2017 and completed a successful exit of the Hegenberger Retractor in 2021 to a British company and is now the director of global training and Innovation for HegenbergerMedical.
Malene is teaching midwives and doctors in suturing post-partum tears in Denmark and is a role model for other entrepreneurs with good clinical products. Malene has a keen interest in innovation within female health and has been nominated as one of the InnoWomen in Denmark 2024. Malene is also a board member of the organization GRO in Denmark – an NGO organization and shelter for women living in an abusive relationship.
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