Summer Throwbacks! Center for Intimacy Justice wants equality in advertisement policies - Episode 167

It’s the second of our summer throwbacks! This week, we’re replaying our episode with Jackie Rotman, Founder of the Center for Intimacy Justice. A social entrepreneur for over 15 years, Jackie has also worked in venture capital with a particular focus on women's health and sexual wellness. In 2019 she wrote a New York Times investigative op-ed on the sexual wellness market, which made the NY Times "Most Popular" list and was the Opinion section's display piece. Center for Intimacy Justice is leading the movement to rewrite corporate advertising policies in tech companies to allow sexual health and wellness ads for women and people with vulvas. These ads are systematically censored which causes huge barriers for femtech companies. The Center for Intimacy Justice believes in catalyzing greater technological innovation and investment, education, and cultural understanding toward female sexual health - and building a culture of greater equity, agency, and wellbeing. 

This episode was first released in 2022, so there may be one or two references that are slightly out of date. There’s some golden content here though, so let’s get into it.

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Guest bio

Jackie Rotman is the Founder and CEO of Center for Intimacy Justice, a nonprofit that works to expand equity and wellbeing in people’s intimate lives. Jackie led an investigation that was published in 2022 in The New York Times and 80 other media outlets, highlighting that of 60 women’s health businesses interviewed or surveyed, 100% of them experienced Facebook or Instagram rejecting their ads. Within months of this investigation being published, Meta changed multiple of its global advertising policies towards sexual health.

Jackie holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, MPA from Harvard Kennedy School, and BA in Public Policy with University Distinction from Stanford. She founded her first nonprofit aged 14, and during her MBA, worked in women's health investing with Rhia Ventures, on investments in contraception technology and online sex education.

Today, Jackie speaks around the world on topics including digital censorship of sexual and reproductive rights, and other topics at the intersections of sexuality, gender and technology. She regularly briefs US Congressional officies, state Attorneys General. And other tech and human rights leaders on the findings of CIJ’s investigations.

Organization bio

Center for Intimacy Justice is leading the movement to rewrite corporate advertising policies in tech companies to allow sexual health and wellness ads for women and people with vulvas. These ads are systematically censored which causes huge barriers for femtech companies. The Center for Intimacy Justice believes in catalyzing greater technological innovation and investment, education, and cultural understanding toward female sexual health - and building a culture of greater equity, agency, and wellbeing. 

FemTech Focus Podcast bio

The FemTech Focus Podcast is brought to you by FemHealth Insights, the leader in Women’s Health market research and consulting. In this show, Dr. Brittany Barreto hosts meaningfully provocative conversations that bring FemTech experts - including doctors, scientists, inventors, and founders - on air to talk about the innovative technology, services, and products (collectively known as FemTech) that are improving women's health and wellness. Though many leaders in FemTech are women, this podcast is not specifically about female founders, nor is it geared toward a specifically female audience. The podcast gives our host, Dr. Brittany Barreto, and guests an engaging, friendly environment to learn about the past, present, and future of women’s health and wellness.

FemHealth Insights bio

Led by a team of analysts and advisors who specialize in female health, FemHealth Insights is a female health-specific market research and analysis firm, offering businesses in diverse industries unparalleled access to the comprehensive data and insights needed to illuminate areas of untapped potential in the nuanced women’s health market.

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Episode Contributors

Jackie Rotman

LinkedIn: @Jackie Rotman

Twitter: @jackierotman

Instagram: @jackierotman1

YouTube: @jackierotman9082

 

Center for Intimacy Justice

Website: https://www.intimacyjustice.org/

LinkedIn: @Center for Intimacy Justice

Twitter: @IntimacyJustice

Instagram: @intimacyjustice

Facebook: @Center for Intimacy Justice

 

Dr. Brittany Barreto

LinkedIn:  @Brittany Barreto, Ph.D.

Twitter: @DrBrittB

Instagram: @drbrittanybarreto

 

FemTech Focus Podcast

Website: https://femtechfocus.org/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/femtechfocus

Twitter: @FemTech_Focus

Instagram: @femtechfocus

 

FemHealth Insights

Website: https://www.femhealthinsights.com/

LinkedIn: @FemHealth Insights

 Resources

Sign CIJs petition urging the FTC to take action against Meta’s discrimination. The petition asks the US Federal Trade Commission to investigate and act on Meta’s discriminatory censorship of sexual health information for women and people of underrepresented genders.