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Earthwise Girls 40% Closing Down Sale 😢

[Read on Ethical Revolution]

Having spent many years fighting period poverty and raising awareness through the business, the amazing Earthwise Girls is sadly closing its doors and offering 40% off all remaining stock.

Some of the achievements of Earthwise Girls:

• Donated thousands of reusable period pads to The Nasio Trust to fight period poverty in rural Kenya (over 12,000 pads in the last 5 years alone!)
• Supported UK charities, period poverty groups, schools, colleges and universities with low price or free sustainable period products.
• Took reusable period products to local farmers markets, eco markets and even to Wallingford Carnival.
• Went 100% plastic free from July 2017, receiving the Plastic Free Business Champion Gold Award from Surfers Against Sewage in recognition of their efforts to run Earthwise Girls as a plastic free, sustainable business.
• Successfully ran a successful small, family-business with as small an ecological footprint as possible for many years.

A massive congratulations to Christine, Nora and Earthwise Girls for everything they’ve done. Wishing you the best in your next chapters.

[Via Ethical Revolution]

#MenstrualHealth #PeriodPoverty #PlasticFree

Amazon expands customer donation campaign with leading household brands to tackle hygiene poverty in Swansea

Amazon has joined forces with its suppliers of well-known household brands including Reckitt, Unilever and Beiersdorf to deliver over 200,000 essential hygiene products to families in need via The Multibank charity.

The campaign will support Cwtch Mawr Multibank in Swansea. 

For every two eligible products purchased by customers on Amazon between now and 30 June, Amazon and its supplier partners will donate a third item to The Multibank at no additional cost. All people have to do is visit this page on Amazon.

The campaign launches with new research, commissioned by Amazon, which reveals that more than a quarter (28%) of adults in Wales are worried about being able to afford basic hygiene products, such as toothpaste, soap, or laundry detergent, over the coming months. The research also found that one in ten adults in Wales (14%) have rationed or avoided buying hygiene essentials.

Almost all (93%) of adults in Wales highlighted that feeling clean and presentable is vital for their children’s confidence and mental wellbeing, particularly significant during the upcoming summer holiday period, when school-based support is less accessible.

The Multibank was co-founded by Amazon and former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown in response to the high levels of poverty and deprivation he had witnessed in his local area in Fife, Scotland. There are now six Multibanks across the UK, which have distributed more than 8 million essential items to support over 600,000 families nationwide. This latest campaign builds on the successful launch of the ‘You Buy. We Donate.’ initiative in January, which saw more than 200,000 hygiene essentials donated to Multibanks across the UK

Eugenie Teasley, Head of Impact, Amazon UK, said: “We know families across the country are facing incredibly tough times, and we want to help. Working closely with The Multibank charity and other businesses, we’ve been able to donate over eight million essential products to more than 600,000 families, but we know there’s much more to do.

“This summer’s ‘You Buy. We Donate’ campaign is an opportunity for shoppers to easily make a difference, simply by buying their everyday products. Together, we look forward to donating even more items and helping thousands more families get the support they deserve.”

Cherrie Bija, CEO of Faith & Families & Cwtch Mawr Multibank, said: “At Faith & Families, we believe that childhood matters—and that strong families and connected communities are essential for children to truly thrive. In the 2024–2025 financial year, we supported over 108,000 individuals, we distributed more than 471,000 essential goods across our network of charity partners and in Faith in Families community cwtches in Swansea.

“Every item we provide—whether it’s a blanket to keep warm or toothpaste to brighten a child’s smile—is part of a collaboration of compassion. Together, we are pushing poverty away from our children and restoring dignity to families in crisis.

“We are grateful to Amazon customers supporting the ‘You Buy. We Donate.’ campaign. Your faith in our work fuels our mission and brings hope where it’s needed most.”

Brands participating in ‘You Buy. We Donate’ include Alberto, By Amazon, Clearasil, Dettol, Dove, Durex, Finish, Harpic, Lynx, Mama Bear, NIVEA, Radox, Shea Moisture, Simple, Sure, Toni & Guy, TRESemmé, Vanish, Vaseline, Veet, VO5 and Woolite.

Transport logistics specialists Palletline will provide free logistics support, handling the storage and distribution of donations to Multibank regional hubs across the UK, with Amazon providing additional transportation routes.

#Amazon #CwtchMawr #FaithInFamilies #hygienePoverty #Multibank #periodPoverty #poverty #Swansea

#Menstruation and gender equality: Student movement revisited 50 years on

Now, as "period poverty" — referring to those who are unable to afford menstrual products — has become a social issue, former members of the group have compiled materials from their activities and self-published a reference book titled “Gojunen-me no Seiri Yohin” (“50th Year of Menstrual Products”).

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/31/japan/society/japan-gender-equality-movement-menstruation/

#Japan #MenstrualHealth #PeriodPoverty