Global Period Poverty Forum

The Global Period Poverty Forum (GPPF) is bringing together those making an impact around how we can #endperiodpoverty. #GPPF22 #GlobalPeriodPovertyForum

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Wrapping up with a HUGE thank you to our sponsors for 2022. @AussieBroadband, Kimberley Clark, Infamous Swim, &me, 4 me, Sir Brian Bell Foundation, Shaw and Partners, Victoria Women’s Trust and @Modibodi. A special mention to @Zoom for making the online forum possible!

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And to wrap up the panel Rochelle Courtenay from @sharingdignity said it is important to tell a corporate exactly what you can offer in return and also to keep the connections for a long period of time. “You want to take them on the journey to eradicate period poverty.”

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Wow what an incredible 3 days. We just wrapped up our final panel of the Global Period Poverty Forum facilitated by @GilbertShayne on investment in menstrual health.
#GPPF22 #endperiodpoverty #GlobalPeriodPovertyForum

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Bronwyn also shared how they discovered people who work with them in PNG were having to choose between rice and period products. Now they provide all their team members and every person in their family with free period products, as well as menstrual health and awareness sessions.

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A key learning for them was to learn how to educate from a place of compassion and bring people along for the journey. They said we need to acknowledge the fear and confusion rather than always expecting people to understand.

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We kicked off day 3 with a panel full of brilliant minds, facilitated by the incredible @marycrooksAO. It was such an engaging discussion on education, health and policies. #GPPF22 #GlobalPeriodPovertyForum #endperiodpoverty

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The incredible Dr A.J. Lowik spoke from the heart about how we need to not assume that all trans people negatively experience their period. They said they want people to know trans menstruators exist and for people to think about how their work will affect trans menstruators.

[John Deng De’MAM @PeriodFrontman]

Take Away from the first day #GPPF22
“People will not know how much you know unless they know how much you care” @danikarevell
Global Period Poverty Forum is massive. I'm happy to be joining live.
I feel empowered already!

[Diana Nelson @DFG_Advocacy]

On #International Day of the Girl, we are excited to be participating in the #GPPF22 in Brisbane, QLD Australia to share learnings from our work and learn from other #MH leaders. @DaysForGirls

[Ndiku @mandi_tembo]

When it comes to addressing menstrual health needs in communities…

“Do not assume… ASK”

- @HERPakistan

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Starting off day 3 highlighting the incredible research that was released overnight by @TanyaNarang88 focusing on how addressing period poverty can boost India's GDP by 2.7%
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#GPPF22 #GlobalPeriodPovertyForum #endperiodpoverty

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Finally, Meenal Khare from Uninhibited (@Sukhi_bhava) touched on the underlying spirit of her work within the Menstrual Health Hub, leaving us with a thoughtful takeaway that asked, “how do we avoid reinventing the wheel and just improve the way that it spins?”

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The last session of day 2 was hosted by @RochelleCourte1 from @sharingdignity; leading the discussion on the impacts and initiatives of the Global Menstrual Health Movement with a diverse panel of MHM heavyweights from organisations from across the globe #GPPF22 #endperiodpoverty

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Diana Nelson answered, “what’s the difference between locally led support and advocacy, and outside intervention?” The answer is trust. There’s an element of trust when you’re working locally, because you know the community and understand the solutions required to help them.