Our company has developed a new type of polyurethane female condom. Female condom is a device used for contraception. Just like a male condom, it forms a barrier to prevent sperm from entering the egg. Female condoms can prevent pregnancy. It can also prevent infections that are spread during sexual contact, including HIV. Female condoms are made of a thin …

The internal condoms work like a male condom but it’s inserted into the vagina. It even looks somewhat like a large external condom, except it has a flexible inner ring which will be inserted into the vagina, and an outer ring which will hang about an inch from the vagina. Once the condom is inserted, the males can insert their …

Chartex’s successor, the Female Health Company, considered folding, but instead it set about developing an education programme. Then one day in 1995, Leeper received a telephone call from a woman called Daisy, responsible for Zimbabwe’s HIV and Aids programme. She said, ‘I have a petition here on my desk signed by 30,000 women demanding that we bring in the female …