St David’s Marist tackles period poverty
To help the learners of St David's Marist Inanda better understand the issues around period poverty, the school recently hosted an interactive assembly.
In an effort to learn more about period poverty and the issues facing communities today, St David’s Marist Inanda recently held a conversation assembly.
Organised by the life science department, the assembly heard insights from a panel of experts before opening the conversation up to the learners who had any questions and/or concerns.
“We were extremely lucky to have a panel comprised of four people actively working to eradicate period poverty and provide education around human rights issues regarding menstruation,” said the school in a statement.
Period poverty refers to the lack of access to menstrual production, education, hygiene facilities, waste management resulting from social, economic, political and cultural barriers.
Joining the conversation were gender and menstruation activist Candice Chirwa; Jane Henry-Naiho, founder of social enterprise Once-A-Month; Liza Verberg, leader of the Pad Princess initiative; and well-known political analyst Eusebius McKaiser.
Following the assembly, the life science department organised a collection drive for menstrual products across the school. The drive collected over 1 200 packets of pads and 150 boxes of tampons, which went to various organisations who are able to distribute these products to those who need them most.
“We would like to thank the life science department for organising the assembly with panellists who are very prominent and knowledgeable in this field, and the subsequent collection.
“An extremely valuable conversation among our young men has been launched, and we are excited to see the tangible societal changes these conversations will bring.”
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