It has long been known that if you educate a girl you educate a family, but it is also true that she is likely to stay in education longer, reducing her risk of early marriage and multiple pregnancies. Many girls quit school at the end of their primary education...
It’s Volunteers Week, when people who make a difference by giving their time and skills are celebrated and thanked. In our voluntary roles at Power Of Pads in the UK, we are keen to make sure all the money we raise goes directly to our partners in Kenya, who work to...
Having a conversation about #menstruation is really important. Many people think that it is women’s and girls’ business but that is not the case. Men are fathers, husbands, sons and brothers and are aware of the inequality that biology places on their female relatives...
School is often a place of safety and those girls who drop out are much more likely to be sexually abused and enter child marriages that can have consequences for their physical and mental health. Girls and young women need to feel that their aspirations are being...
If you’d really like to make a difference to girls’ and womens’ lives and are interested in combating period poverty, then our Trustee role could be right for you. You would be joining a small team who all work voluntarily to help run and manage the...
