ADIRA Foundation

A youth-powered NPO fighting to end period poverty and taboo across the globe through service and awareness campaigns 🩸
Link for donation 👇🏼

[ADIRA Foundation @FoundationAdira]

...the same and consider DONATING!

#periodpoverty #periodhealth #awareness #menstruation #ngoindia #studentsuccess #hygiene #health #donors #genderinclusive #woman #transgender #queer #iamadira

[ADIRA Foundation @FoundationAdira]

Every menstruator deserves access to safe periods and YOU can make this happen!
We some crazy bunch of students set off and gave all ours to this cause of eradicating period poverty, approaching different localities wherein underprivileged menstruators resides, sponsors..

[ADIRA Foundation @FoundationAdira]

...and so many of you, the donors!
Till date we have served 8,000 menstruators with period products and educated them about periods while bursting their myths around the same and this couldn't have been possible without your support, thank you and please keep us going for...

[ADIRA Foundation @FoundationAdira]

Pain that puts your life on hold on or during your period is NOT a normal period of being a women. One in 10 women suffer from endometriosis, yet we don't talk about it. We need to change that if we want to break the cycle of pain now and for the next generation. ~ Jodie Dunne

[ADIRA Foundation @FoundationAdira]

In this "ENDOMETRIOSIS AWARENESS MONTH" let's learn about what Endometriosis actually is...!

#Endometriosis
#EndometriosisAwarenessMonth
#EndometriosisAwareness
#period
#taboo
#periodhealth

[ADIRA Foundation @FoundationAdira]

... hysterectomy will still experience pain.

[Unipads @unipads_india]

Breaking taboo, period by period.
A movement we started to create and protect the rights of women to cook while menstruating. #happywomensday #nomoreadeli
https://t.co/Bbwjr2f1gx

[Girl Up @GirlUp]

Conflict anywhere deeply impacts the lives of girls and women— from heightened vulnerability to the denial of their rights. @UNFPA is scaling up reproductive health services for those in Ukraine, but needs your help to reach even the most marginalized. https://t.co/oS6hGrGb3G

[Days for Girls @DaysForGirls]

Did you know the average menstruating person spends 3,000 days on their period? That’s equivalent to 8+ years! We're on a mission to make sure #EveryGirlEverywherePeriod spends those 3,000 days chasing her dreams - no longer held back by the limitations of #periodpoverty.

[Period! @PeriodMagazine]

Of course there’s Period if you want to read about #menstruation. But there is more: we present you 28 options. One for every day of your cycle
https://t.co/t2o9vnLrUF

[The Period Society @PeriodSociety_]

Roses are Red🌹
Period blood is too ❤️
While advertising a sanitary product 💌
Stop showing it Blue 🌊

[ADIRA Foundation @FoundationAdira]

#periodstigma #periodstory #taboo #facts #thread #iamadira

[ADIRA Foundation @FoundationAdira]

Presenting to you our first of the three series of posts on a very integral issue GENDER FLUIDITY in collaboration with #girlup_vision 🌻

#genderfluid #genderinclusive
#genderspectrum #genderidentity
#lgbtqmenstruators #lgbtqia #lqbt #pride #menstrualhealth #periods

[Period! @PeriodMagazine]

Despite the many prejudices about #menstruation, we now know that menstrual blood is an innocent and sterile substance https://t.co/HhxJx9Cjgn

[Bloody Good Period @bloodygood__]

In July 2021, we conducted an online #survey with 1000 people who #menstruate and live in the UK. Through this survey, we found that...

🩸 59% have a negative experience of menstruating

🩸 Most people experience heavy (77%) and painful periods (65%)

[The Period Society @PeriodSociety_]

Incredible @rupiiism ! Thank you for smashing the stigma and doing incredible work 💪 Let’s make periods mainstream together ❤️

[ADIRA Foundation @FoundationAdira]

@Amand_Radebe
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[ADIRA Foundation @FoundationAdira]

UNAFFORDABLE THEN,
UNAFFORDABLE NOW
Many even then continued to rely upon traditional methods like splinters of wood wrapped in cotton.
In India, sanitary napkins were introduced in 1929 but still over 70% of Indian menstruators have no access to period products.

#periods #pads

[ADIRA Foundation @FoundationAdira]

SANITARY NAPKINS WERE FIRST MADE FOR MEN
In France in the 19th century, disposable pads were made to control bleeding of soldiers during the war with absorbent wood pulp bandages.

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THE FIRST COMMERCIAL SANITARY PADS' BRAND
Johnson & Johnson became the first brand to launch their own product by 1896 that was named Lister’s Towel: Sanitary Towel’s for Ladies.
The invention of sanitary belt has been credited to Mary Beatrice Kenner