If you missed our Menstrual Health 2022 Event- What's next for period equality in the UK and beyond? do not fear. We've put together a short briefing summarising the latest research and the recommendations from the discussion.Download the Briefing- What's next for Period Equality in the UK ...
If you missed our Annual Gathering 2022 you can download a summary here.The full agenda and speaker bios can be viewed here.You can also watch a full recording of the day here....
New research finds lack of support for periods creates mental burden for women and limits their participation in school and workA new study by academics at The University of Western Australia, Burnet Institute and The University of Leeds reviewed 3800 people’s experiences of periods. They found that women experience a mental burden that affects their...
Irise is thrilled to be named as one of the most effective menstrual health organisations in the world in a new report released today.Kulczyk Foundation, a Polish private family foundation, and Founders Pledge, a community of entrepreneurs committed to finding and funding solutions to global challenges, have launched a new report on period poverty. A...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Irise works to empower marginalised young women, girls and their communities and considerations of race are critical. We know gender intersects with race, ethnicity, class, income, sexual orientation and disability. For example, we know that BAME (British Asian Minority Ethnic) women are far more likely to be the victims of online abuse in the UK1 and...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Click below to download a briefing on Mitigating the impacts of COVID-19 and menstrual health and hygiene.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]The brief was written by Brooke Yamakoshi (UNICEF) with review and contribution from Lizette Burgers and Sonya Sagan (UNICEF); Emily Wilson (Irise International); Arundati Muralidharan and Therese Mahon (WaterAid); Dani Barrington (University of Western Australia); Ina Jurga (WASH United);...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We're thrilled to announce that Irise has been shortlisted for the UK Charity Governance Award 2020 in the category of Board Diversity and Inclusivity.Read more about what Diversity and Inclusivity mean to Irise...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On March 4th 2019, the former Minister for Women and Equalities, Penny Mordaunt, announced a new cross-sectoral Taskforce to bring together government, business and the third sector to develop a comprehensive and sustainable response to period poverty in the UK. Period poverty includes both the lack of access to period products, and the stigma and...
We were thrilled to receive the Power Together Award in November 2019 from the Global Women Leaders Forum. The award recognises 24 exceptional and inspiring organisations from around the world who are leading to movement to end period inequality. We would like to dedicate our award to all our wonderful supporters who have helped put this...
We’re thrilled to have been part of a ground-breaking piece of work led by Dr Julie Hennegan at John Hopkins University to develop a new tool to measure girls’ experiences of menstruation, the Menstrual Practice Needs Scale. The paper’s just, the academically inclined among you can read it here and you can access all the tools and...
