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Research, partnerships, community stories, and updates from Days for Girls teams around the world.
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Partnering with Chief Theresa Kachindamoto: Ending child marriage and keeping girls in school
“If [girls] are educated, they can be and have whatever they want” – Chief Theresa Kachindamoto, a fearsome advocate for girls education and active terminator of child marriages in Malawi. This past November, as a direct result of the success and outreach from Days for Girls’ 10th birthday celebration (the 2018 Global Girls Festival) Days…
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Thankfully yours: What 10 years has taught me
I am a gratitude girl. The license plate on my car reads GRATA2D. To me, recognizing the many miracles that occur on any given day is key to both happiness and success. I completely delight in seeing the wonders of life around me. It’s a preoccupation of mine. Which is really easy when you are…
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Days for Girls = Dignity for Girls
It’s the moment that South Sudanese school girls dread: coming on their period while at school. A schoolgirl from Wau told us, “I feel uncomfortable because my blood will be coming out and I will want to get out of class… it will distract my lesson so it’s better to stay at home.” Due to…
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#ClassyGives: Classy, DfG team distribute kits to schoolgirls in Uganda
When I was selected as one of nine participants from my company’s (Classy) fundraising challenge, I could barely contain my excitement to meet the Days for Girl team in Uganda and see them in action. Although I knew menstrual health and access to sanitary pads was an issue for women and girls, I did not…
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Turning Periods Into Pathways
All over the world, women and girls share a common bond: our monthly periods. This natural process creates different challenges for each of us, depending on our individual bodies, income, geography, education level, and culture. At our recent Menstrual Hygiene Day presentation in Seattle, we confirmed that when it comes to addressing global health and…
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Turning a Moment Into a Movement
Thomas Edison embraced the disappointments and stumbles that led to his invention of the light bulb, reportedly saying, “I have not failed, I’ve just found 700 ways that won’t work.” When it comes to menstrual care, our world has also found hundreds of ways to fail. Too many products have failed to consider cultural, environmental,…
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Change Is In Her Hands
“I always hear about issues that women face due to lack of personal hygiene, but because of customs and traditions, i cannot always ask about this subject. Now I am very happy because I will be able to understand this information scientifically and in a correct way.” Fadiyeh speaks with purpose when she imagines the…
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Pathways to New Traditions
The road to Kalikot, Nepal is one of the most beautiful in the world …and one of the most dangerous. Days for Girls climbs these stunning mountain paths for an important reason: shattering the shame of menstruation. In recent months, the outside world has been learning about western Nepal because of chhaupadi, the practice of…
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Helping a Girl, Finding a Community
I stumbled upon Days for Girls in December through a flyer in one of the buildings at Tulane University, where I am pursuing my master’s degree in public health. I was delighted to see this notice for a volunteering event, because I had been looking to get involved with a nonprofit organization that works on…
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One Million… And Counting!
YOU DID IT! One million women and girls! Days for Girls Chapters, Teams, Enterprises, Clubs, and volunteers reported their distributions from around the globe, while our partners, supporters, and sponsors created a tidal wave of end-of-year donations. All together, you’ve just made it possible for us to reach our millionth girl — in less than…