Empowering Women Period

Empowering Women Period All over the world, girls in impoverished communities face unthinkable challenges when they begin menstruation.

EWP provides vulnerable women and girls with access to hygienic cost-effective earth-conscious menstrual care through a sustainable business model that provides employment for women escaping untold abuse and oppression.. Without access to low-cost, convenient, and reliable hygiene products, girls resort to using leaves, scraps of cloth, ash, and sand. These methods are not only inconvenient but also unsanitary, causing an array of health issues. Girls can miss up to 50 days of school per year as a result, and many drop out or become ineligible to attend secondary school. http://www.empoweringwomenperiod.org/

To keep girls in school and improve health outcomes, women’s cooperatives in India and Kenya will manufacture affordable, biodegradable sanitary pads from biodegradable plant material as well as the invasive species, water hyacinth.

“How can we all succeed when half of us are held back?” - Malala Yousafzi

04/01/2025

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All over the world, girls in impoverished communities face unthinkable challenges when they begin menstruation. Without access to low-cost, convenient, and reliable hygiene products, girls resort to using leaves, scraps of cloth, ash, and sand. These methods are not only inconvenient but also unsanitary, causing an array of health issues. Girls can miss up to 50 days of school per year as a result, and many girls drop out or become ineligible to attend secondary school. Empowering Women Period is a Village Volunteers Initiative and a 501C3 nonprofit organization. http://www.empoweringwomenperiod.org/ To keep girls in school and improve health outcomes, women’s cooperatives in India and Kenya the women are manufacturing affordable, biodegradable sanitary pads from biodegradable material and water hyacinth, considered the worst invasive plant in the world. Removal of this plant from vital waterways will help improve access to fresh drinking water, restore fisheries, and reduce the incidence of disease.

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