Pretoria, South Africa, 18 July 2019 – Ford South Africa is reaching out to young women for Mandela Day this year by supporting a project that will be providing 67 000 learners with locally-made, eco-friendly reusable feminine hygiene products.
Ford donated R1-million to the Afribiz Foundation in support of the non-profit organisation’s outstanding, ongoing efforts to supply sustainable sanitary health to girls in secondary schools – thus helping to fulfil Madiba’s legacy of empowering the youth through …
Research by the United Nations confirms that 1 in 10 girls in Africa miss school during menstruation. In South Africa alone, 30% of young impoverished girls miss school during their menstrual cycles due to limited or no access to sanitary products. This appalling reality is known as ‘period poverty’, which refers to a lack of access to sanitary protection and menstrual hygiene education.
Period poverty is a debilitating concern for all developing countries because the lack of menstrual hygiene products inflicts indignity upon disadvantaged young girls, as disposable sanitary products are prohibitively unaffordable making it difficult to maintain good menstrual hygiene. This perpetuates a culture of …
For over 25 years, African woman have not had 100% freedom for what we all have been fighting for. Instead, unemployment within communities leave over 43% of the female population in poverty, due to lack of education, job opportunities and gender-based equality. Woman are still facing the challenges where males are preferred over females in job market.
Early last year, HWSETA partnered with an organisation called the Afribiz Foundation, which has worked tirelessly for the past 3 years to develop a product that is sustainable, economic, affordable and eco-friendly to our environment called the Kuhle Pads. This initiative is …
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