Ajume Wingo, Affiliate Professor of Philosophy on the College of Colorado, Boulder, based the non-profit firm PridePads to assist girls in Cameroon fight gender points.
A number of years in the past, Professor Wingo, initially from Cameroon, Africa, was struck by boundaries going through younger girls in Cameroon on points associated to menstruation. In accordance with his web site, along with social ostracization and lack of schooling surrounding menstruation:
On common, rural schoolgirls miss 4 to 6 days of faculty each month whereas menstruating, which contributes to gender inequality, baby marriage and teenage being pregnant.
Recognizing this concern, Professor Wingo began researching methods to create biodegradable and inexpensive pads with the aim of making an organization that might present them to younger girls, in addition to present each menstrual hygiene schooling and financial empowerment. In 2019, the corporate PridePads Africa, Inc. was shaped. In accordance with their mission assertion:
PridePads Africa produces biodegradable, earth pleasant and inexpensive sanitary pads for women and girls in rural Cameroon in addition to offering menstrual well being schooling, sensitization and de-stigmatization campaigns surrounding menstruation. Pads are produced domestically by and for ladies, creating livelihood, empowerment, and entrepreneurial financial alternatives for abnormal Cameroonian women and girls.
You may study extra about PridePads, together with their mission and historical past, here. If you need to make a donation or buy merchandise to assist PridePads, you are able to do so here and here, respectively.
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