In recent years global progress towards gender equality has stalled- the interaction between the female body and societal structures and norms is a neglected bottle neck in this fight and the lack of gender sensitive analysis and response to the global pandemic has only served to further entrench these inequalities which, without action, will hamper...
Back in May 2019, Irise was featured in the charity poll on money saving website, My Favourite Voucher Codes. We’re delighted to report that we came in first place, winning a donation of £139.81! This March, the company has invited us back to take part once again, in honour of International Women’s Day on the...
Image Source: Vulvani.At the age of 10, I was told in my first sexual education class that I would start menstruating when I was 12-14 years old, and have a period every 28 days that would last for 3-4 days each and would cause me some minor discomfort. In reality, I started my period when...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Today, period poverty is a battleground of women and girl’s health. From lack of access to safe, hygienic sanitary products and environment to the growing stigma around the management of menstruation. Over the last 5 years, we’ve developed holistic, evidence-based solutions to the challenges young people experience during their period in East Africa.Since 2018, Irise...
Image by Izzy as part of artwork by our community on "Our Collective Power"In March we made a decision to stay open and stand with the most vulnerable young women and girls in our community. We didn’t know what was going to happen or how it was going to work but we knew that whatever...
