Thank you @FinancialTimes for highlighting our work in Lebanon to tackle period poverty and end the menstrual stigma.
“I don’t think any girl should miss out on the same education as her brothers simply because she has a period.” - @ellalambertnow
https://t.co/vivTU8h8qi
🚨 Breaking News: CJEU rules against Google - affirming the 2017 €2.42bn fine for abusing its market power by self-preferencing its own price-comparison results! This decision is a win for fair competition and consumer choice. #GoogleShopping
Yesterday we ran a reusable pad making workshop and hybrid talk with fellow Bristol-born @aardman (home to Wallace and Gromit and co 🤩) as they join our mission to end period poverty one reusable sanitary pad at a time with the launch of the first ever corporate Pacha club!
It’s #VolunteerWeek so we’ll be sharing some testimonials from our incredible volunteers who make reusable sanitary pads for vulnerable people. They are the life force of Pachamama.
First up is from Rachel in Kent!
#TheBigHelpOut#sewforcharity#Volunteer#periodpoverty
This Wednesday, Global Citizen convened key decision-makers and experts including @HelenGrantMP, @micksheldrick, @erna_solberg, @ThokoPooley, and @PScotlandCSG at @UKParliament to discuss the intersection of girls’ education and health.
Here’s what you need to know 👇 (Thread)
I would appreciate if you could encourage family and friends to read #TheLightlessSky so they can get a better understanding of the refugee struggles and story. So we can all humanise the debate and discussion on the subject of asylum, migration and protection. #WithRefugees
Since starting in 2020, our distributions of reusable sanitary pads have saved more than 18 million sanitary products from ending up in landfill.
(Calculated using @Wen_UK Environmenstrual fact sheet - https://t.co/NYniAFnq7r)
Useful fact for parents: In-game chat allows players to communicate about gameplay via text and voice messages but there is no functionality for uploading photos and videos. Parents can pre-approve or block communications.👇
Container day at
@shopthemeadows ! Our amazing volunteers have just filled a 40ft container of children’s clothes, blankets and shoes for Lebanese and Syrians in need - including 22,000 reusable sanitary pads!! @Popea50@Essexlife@BBCEssex@ChelmsfordTimes @thefreeshoplebanon
Brave Afghan women are still protesting in the streets of Kabul - despite the Taliban crackdown on demonstrations. They continue to demand their basic human rights