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Research, partnerships, community stories, and updates from Days for Girls teams around the world.
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Hurricane Helene: DfG’s Humanitarian Response
In the wake of Hurricane Helene, communities across North Carolina grappled with devastation. Amid the chaos, many girls and women found themselves without access to essential menstrual health products. Knowing that periods do not pause for emergencies, Days for Girls rallied our volunteers, and, through their humanitarian efforts, delivered Hybrid Kits—washable, reusable menstrual supplies—to 2,484…
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Support the DfG Morocco Emergency Response Project
On September 8, 2023 a 6.8 magnitude earthquake shook the countryside near Marrakech, Morocco. The quake destroyed village homes located in the High Atlas Mountains. Roads and ancient buildings were also damaged, and the death toll is close to 3,000, while more than 5,600 people are injured. In emergency situations the unique needs of women…
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Turkey and Syria Emergency Response Project
Together with AmeriCares, Lifting Hands International and Global Empowerment Mission Days for Girls is working to provide 4,800 DfG Hybrid Kits to those affected by the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. On February 6, 2023 a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit south and central Turkey along with northern and western Syria. A magnitude 6.7 aftershock shook…
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Humanitarian Impact Update: Spring 2022
At Days for Girls, we’re passionate about bringing a gender-inclusive lens to humanitarian efforts around the world. When disaster strikes, emergency responses often under-fund or exclude menstrual health care – leaving displaced women and girls unable to meet basic needs. We are committed to closing this gap on a global scale, by providing vital period…
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Five Resources for Menstrual Health in Emergencies
Globally, more than 26 million women and girls are displaced due to conflicts, natural disasters and other humanitarian emergencies – leaving them struggling to manage menstruation. Addressing their needs is an important and growing focus of our work at Days for Girls International. We believe the ability to manage menstruation effectively and with dignity is…
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Periods In and After the Pandemic: Refugee Spotlight — Webinar Recap
In celebration of MH Day 2021 and this year’s theme #ItsTimeForAction, Days for Girls gathered partners for a special webinar event, “Periods in and after the pandemic: Refugee Spotlight” (scroll down to watch the full replay). Menstrual health in a time of emergency has been a key focus of the past year’s MH field-building efforts.…
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Volunteer Spotlight: Chad Humanitarian Response
April is National Volunteer (Appreciation) Month! Days for Girls is lucky to count 70,000 selfless, passionate volunteers on six continents as part of our global family. Our movement is buoyed by their collective hard work and generosity; from the sewists stitching pads to perfection, to the advocates rallying against period poverty on the national stage.…
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Pittsburgh PA Chapter delivers DfG Kits to hurricane-damaged Nicaragua
In November 2020, Category 4 Hurricanes Eta and Iota devastated the Nicaraguan coast – leaving women, girls and communities reeling for months. That’s when our Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Chapter stepped in. Last week, 320 DfG Kits were safely delivered to menstruators in Biliwi (a remote area affected by the hurricanes), including to a shelter for at-risk…
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Integrating Menstrual Health into Humanitarian and Emergency Responses in Lebanon
Each year, conflicts, disasters and public health emergencies leave millions of women and girls without access to clean and safe products to manage their menstruation. When local and foreign governments, and organizations shift their allocation of resources towards meeting “basic human needs,” menstrual health solutions are often under-funded, or excluded altogether. Days for Girls is…
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Stronger Together: Chapters & Teams Stepping Up
At Days For Girls, our impact is rooted in the collaboration of an incredible global network. Around the world, our Chapters, Teams and Enterprises are working in tandem to build a better, more equitable future for women and girls – and solidarity is key to their success! By putting their hearts and minds together, DfG…
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Part 4: Five Women on the Front Lines of the Pandemic
his post is the fourth part in a series of five articles on how women are responding to the pandemic around the world. Read “Part 1: Going House-to-House in Kenya,” “Part 2: Seeing the Downside of Depending on Imports in Zimbabwe,” and “Part 3: Turning a Difficult Situation Into an Opportunity in Guatemala.” Helping Syrian…
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#Masks4Millions Global Impact
On March 20th, Days for Girls launched our #Masks4Millions campaign to help frontline workers in the fight against COVID-19. We stepped up as soon as the news of mask shortages reached our ears. For us, it wasn’t a question of if we could help but how soon we could start. After all, who better to…
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#Masks4Millions FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions for the DfG #Masks4Millions Response: Q. What pattern should I use? A. We are finding that different hospitals, clinics, long term care facilities, fire stations, homeless shelters, food banks, and others who are in need of masks have various requirements. In some cases they are looking for a mask that fits over…
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World Vision Refugee Project
November 12, 2019 Our Refugee Project is in full swing! In partnership with World Vision, we will be reaching refugee and internally displaced women and girls in Lebanon, Afghanistan, South Sudan, and Somalia with DfG Kits and vital menstrual health education! Our International Chapters and Teams throughout the world have been hard at work making…
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International Chapters and Teams Refugee Project
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), declares that we are now witnessing the highest levels of displacement on record, with a reported 68.5 million forcibly displaced people worldwide. Of those, 25.4 million are refugees and 40 million are internally displaced people (IDPs). Given this dire situation, we have had an outpouring of interest from DfG volunteers…
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Creating Pathways Through Film
Award winning video journalist and filmmaker Tania Safi and video assist Rachelle Hair recently spent two days with DfG Lebanon learning about DfG’s response to the refugee crisis in Lebanon and participating in several DfG Kit distributions, all while filming the experience in order to create the incredible video, “Turning Periods into Pathways,” as part…
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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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Reaching for the Next Level
DfG Pod – “starter” pack sold by Micro-Enterprises Living in a conflict, or post-conflict situation, means life can change in the blink of an eye, and “solutions” can feel fleeting, insecure, or like bandaids to the real problems going on. At Days for Girls, we can’t solve every challenge faced by Syrian refugees today (we…
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Meeting Needs With Solutions
Navigating life as a refugee is uncertain at best, and there is not always an easy answer to the big questions. But when it comes to hygiene, and ensuring dignity for women – there is a simple solution. The Days for Girls Kit allows girls and women to manage their menstruation easily, month after month,…
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Little Piece of Freedom in Lebanon
It is farming season in Lebanon. Every day, Syrian refugee girls are sent to the fields in Bekaa Valley to work for less than $3 per day. When she is paid, she gives 50% of her money to the Informal Settlement camp manager and the other 50% to the head of her household. If she…