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Lebogang Terciia Phaswana, founder and CEO of TS Pad a Girl Foundation, is working to address period poverty and promote menstrual dignity among girls and women in Hammanskraal and Temba.
EDUCATION

Period poverty is keeping South African girls out of the classroom

Lack of access to sanitary products forces many South African girls to miss school out of fear and embarrassment. In Hammanskraal, the TS Pad a Girl Foundation is stepping up to…

  • Amahle Banda
6 min read
BISPHENOL A BPA

Hormone-disrupting chemicals found in South African sanitary pads and pantyliners, study finds

Chemicals linked to fertility problems and cancer were detected in all sanitary pads and pantyliners tested

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read
PINK: Women creating work by being aware of their needs!
AFRICAN WOMEN

Women in the Environment

Winner: PINK

  • Sipho Kings
2 min read
‘Policies are living documents that need to evolve with the changing needs of pupils, school staff, parents and the broader school community.’ (John McCann/M&G)
BHEKISISA TEAM

#FreeToBleed: ‘A pool of blood gushed down my thighs. My white socks were red.’

Shame doesn’t start when menstruation begins. It is built in slow steps.

  • Pontsho Pilane
2 min read
Magic or malignancy: History has painted menstrual blood with many brushes and in many lights. (Mate Marschalko)
MENSTRUAL HEALTH
Video

Why linking pads to sex may speak volumes about how we stigmatise menstruation

Anna Dahlqvist reflects on a short history of a messy ‘problem’, or how the world taught you to fear your period.

  • Staff Reporter
5 min read