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Digital Female Leader Award goes to Wombly

Wombly beim Digital Female Leader Award

Wombly at the Digital Female Leader Award with Tijen Onaran. (c) Dario Eidens-Holl.

Inclusion and accessibility are often topics that do not receive enough attention in our society.

However, companies like Wombly make them the focus of their work. The alumni startup, which began at Humboldt-Universität, specializes in the design and production of adaptive baby and children’s clothing, i.e., clothing for children with chronic illnesses and disabilities.

One product line, for example, features special openings that facilitate medical care or unique (e.g., one-handed) closures for easier handling. Wombly’s clothing offerings are also characterized by special materials, such as technical fabrics to store medical equipment in a sterile manner. A second product line includes clothing for children with non-standard body measurements, such as those with Down syndrome (Trisomy 21).

In addition, founders Lena Förster, Lina Phyllis Falkner, and Jana Walther emphasize that the clothing allows children to "be themselves: happy, colorful, and with their very own personality."

Wombly Wins in the "Beauty & Lifestyle" Category

This success has now been recognized with the Digital Female Leader Award 2024, which Wombly won in the "Beauty & Lifestyle" category. The award ceremony took place on November 7-8, 2024, in Berlin.

The founders do not view this category as superficial, but rather highlight the fundamental role that beautiful and comfortable clothing plays in well-being, self-determination, and expressing one’s personality.

True to this year's Female Leader Award motto, "Influencing (Wombly) as courageous women, changing the rules of the game in business," the team is clearly ambitious. The company aims for every child in an EU country with a chronic illness or disability to own a piece of Wombly clothing by 2030.

Wombly is making a significant contribution to bringing inclusivity from the margins to the center of society. As they say: "We drive inclusion forward where it can shape the society of the future: with children."

Preisannahme von Wombly auf der Bühne

Award ceremony on stage. (c) Dario Eidens-Holl.

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