I often wonder if Mother’s Day feels for single mums a bit like Valentine’s Day does for singles? AKA ‘You are doing the whole awareness day alone!’ I look at single mums with infants and small children and wonder, “Who cheer’s them on?” “Who acknowledges all the hard work they are doing?” I
Let’s raise $120,000 for Unconquered in 2019 I am very intent in 2019 that we do all we can in Australia to raise $120,000 for Unconquered. This will provide 3 more sanitation pad factories in India. 3 communities transformed; 3 communities employing women; 3 communities receiving a toilet block; 3 communities who can ensure their
2 years ago on International Women’s Day I gave my friend Jenni a blank gift certificate and said to her, “It there is a dream inside your soul, you have never put on the ground… If there is something you have always wanted to say yes to, but haven’t… Then this gift certificate is for
This is our very first sanitary pad factory. I am in love. Oh it is exciting. I love the entrepreneurial spirit. To see vision in the basics. This little shed contains so many hopes: Girls getting access to sanitary pads Girls receiving education Girls having access to a toilet Menstruation losing its taboo Women learning
Imagine you live in a village and the local store is stocking sanitary pads. But they are being sold by a man. Would you purchase the sanitary pads? Not if it is taboo. This is what is called Last Mile Access. The unconquered project is aimed at helping: women marketing to women women selling to
We are working wiht Indigenous women. We are not going into a community and saying through our Western eyes, “This is what you need.” We asked the women, “How can I help you?” “What do you need?” The girls came back with the request for sanitary pads which were accessible and affordable. So we are
If you are at school and you don’t have good, safe private toilets how are you going to manage your periods. We know that 25% of girls drop out of school because they cannot manage their periods. Dropping out of school too early is a contributor to child marriage and generational poverty. No girl should
How many times do you go to the toilet? Around period time how nice is it to have a toilet you can go to which is safe, price and has clean water. This is not the reality for many women in India. Providing clean, safe toilets where girls can go and do what they need
Sanitary Pads, Tampons, Menstrual Cups… Regular, Small, Super… We have so many choices but in India many girls don’t even know these are options. Girls resort to dried leaves, bark, swabs of cloth, ash. The unconquered project is aimed at providing girls with an affordable sanitary pads.
Part of the Unconquered project is empowering women to empower women. When one woman can share knowledge about the menstrual cycle another woman is empowered. Understanding the menstrual cycle is so powerful. If you want to get pregnant you have to understand the menstrual cycle. You need to roughly know when you are ovulating. If
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