The effects of first experiences can last a lifetime, especially when we think we might be dying.
Well, here’s the thing: nobody prepares us for a life inside our bodies, tells us how to put a tampon up there, warns us about discharge, endometriosis, or clots the size of plums.
3/4 women+ worldwide say they felt negative emotions when they started their periods*
– and that sets us up for a whole lifetime of negativity and misunderstanding.
Bodyform wants to close the menstrual health education gap.
And for girls+ & women+ to have access to products, knowledge, clean toilets.
To make that happen, Bodyform’s Project V works with educators, governments, charities, retailers and media owners to spread vital period knowledge to girls+.
49% of women+ said they felt ‘more confident and ready’ for their first period when they already understood what was happening*.
Let’s help and empower all girls+ and women+ to have better periods from the first drop to the last.
IF WE ALL START FEARLESS, WE CAN ALL LIVE FEARLESS.
Why do we act?
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In January 2022, Libresse provided toilet facilities to a rural school in a village in Cambodia. Sample kits and period education booklets were donated to 300 students and teachers.
Since 2016, Saba and UNICEF have been partnering together in order to educate young girls on menstrual hygiene, this has reached 7.5 million people.
The project “Bullying for Loving” aims to empower children at school who are experiencing bullying and shame.
The intimate “Cose in Comune” focuses on breaking taboos around menstruation through awareness, open dialogue, education and aims to fight against period shaming in Italian schools.
For years, Netherlands has been making menstruation and intimate hygiene a topic of discussion in secondary schools by giving guest lectures. They also donate towels liners to the Voedselbank every quarter.
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Women+
Essity knows that not everyone who menstruates is a woman, such as those born with a different biological sex to their gender identity, and that not all women menstruate, considering factors such as contraception, health conditions and menopause. By adding ‘+’ to women, Essity is recognizing and including the full range of underrepresented groups who use its products, such as trans and non-binary people.