Our reusable hygienic pads program is a cornerstone in the fight against school absenteeism in remote Eastern Africa. Girls’ education is not optional—it is a human right.
#EducationForAll #PeriodDignity #DearFuture
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Trump is in office now. Keep watching out for misinformation and straight up lies hurting women everywhere.

Keep checking your facts until you know the truth!

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/12/fact-check-are-late-term-abortions-ever-medically-necessary

#MyPeriodDataIsMine #PeriodDignity #equality #EqualityMatters #EvidenceBasedPolicies

Fact check: Are late-term abortions ever ‘medically necessary’?

A US post on Threads claimed that abortion is never medically necessary in the last trimester. Is it?

Al Jazeera

#MenstrualCups may result in fewer infections and improve #VaginalHealth, a new trial led by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine shows.

Researchers from LSTM, in collaboration with researchers in Kenya and the USA, have been investigating options for girls and young women in low- and middle-income countries to manage #Menstruation with comfort and dignity and to improve health outcomes.

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20231017/Menstrual-cups-can-be-a-great-option-for-menstrual-hygiene-management-new-trial-shows.aspx

#MenstrualDignity #PeriodDignity
#MenstrualHealth #MenstrualHygieneManagement

Menstrual cups can be a great option for menstrual hygiene management, new trial shows

Menstrual cups may result in fewer infections and improve vaginal health, a new trial led by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine shows.

News-Medical

"'No pads at school, so my period leaked on exam chair'"

In response to her (male) head of year's advice to be more discreet about #menstruation, Welsh schoolgirl Tilly and her sister Molly launched a campaign to #LoveYourPeriod.

Young folk like Tilly and Molly give me hope.

#PeriodDignity

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-65695115

'No pads at school, so my period leaked on exam chair'

Some pupils are struggling to access period products in schools, data shared with BBC News suggests.

BBC News

A beautiful passage from Rachel Kauder Nalebuff’s new book “Our Red Room”

The collective culture is changing. #PeriodDignity is becoming an expectation, not a luxury. Here in #Scotland, eradication of #PeriodPoverty is enshrined in law

There is nothing shameful about menstruation 🩸

Putting togetherr a presentation for our regional Trainee Management Forum on #PeriodDignity at work.
This is an extract from a qual study conducted by one of our 5th year medical students

As HCPs we inderstand the process of menstruation - but the experience of managing periods as an HCW is rarely shared openly

And it can be brutal, shaming and undignified

In #Scotland period products are availble free of charge to all who need them. but not at point of use in hospitals, So this happens..