Shocking statistics have emerged from Guatemala, where more than 30% of teenage girls miss a week of school every month because they cannot afford to buy sanitary pads.
Women and girls in developing countries are at risk of going without much needed pads and tampons and due to a lack of knowledge and can even see menstruation as a medical problem.
Use Your Period To Empower Women Around The World. Seriously! Here’s How
However in certain countries around the world, menstruating is seen as a sign of a woman being “unclean” and there are cultures which shun women during their periods.
Sheva: Keeping Girls in School Through Sanitary Pads
An estimated of 800 million girls around the world miss school one week every month because of menstruation, so often times they abandon their education and get stuck in a poverty cicle.
Internet.org ofrecerá acceso a la Web a 4 millones de guatemaltecos
Guatemala se suma a la red de países que promueven acceso a la Web de bajo costo a través de Internet.org, una iniciativa promovida por el fundador de la red social Facebook.
Millicom International Cellular: Tigo launches partnership with Facebook’s Internet.org in Guatemala
The partnership means Tigo customers in Guatemala will be the first in the country to access a number of popular and useful services without any data charges via the Internet.org app.
Nuestras Cápsulas de Cambio muestran los avances que personas, instituciones y empresas hacen en beneficio de Guatemala. En esta ocasión, Alejandra de León nos muestra el trabajo de Sheva.
Esta genial emprendedora ayuda a las mujeres con su período
Cada vez que alguien compra algo en el sitio, niñas y mujeres de Guatemala reciben un paquete con toallas sanitarias, información sobre higiene personal y el ciclo menstrual.
These Women Are Changing The World With Sanitary Pads
The online shop lets women purchase their usual feminine hygiene products, condoms, lubricant and more, giving a young girl a month of sanitary pads with each purchase.
Tampons that change the world, one period at a time
But a lot of girls in developing countries do not have access to basic sanitary protection. Every time they have their periods, they miss school or don’t go to work.
Sheva es una palabra de origen hebreo que significa promesa. Es también el nombre del proyecto creado por la guatemalteca María Isabel Ruiz, de 26 años, enfocado al apoyo de mujeres. Se trata de una iniciativa…