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Libby Andrew is a Sociology student at Sheffield Hallam University and has volunteered with Irise International in Sheffield for over a year. As part of her university placement, Libby joined the Irise team in our office, spending three months supporting work across programmes, fundraising, and youth power. In this blog, she reflects on her experience, what she learned, and the power of youth-led menstruabeyond-the-books-an-experience-of-a-placement-student-in-the-menstrual-justice-movementl...

Menstruation in Education is a new project developed by Charlie Roberts, one of Irise's Empower Period Committee members, during her time in the Menstrualeaders course. Thus far, the project has involved delivering an online presentation based on the difficulties faced surrounding menstruating in UK schools, the reasons why these issues arise and practical solutions to tackle them. Charlie has been working in menstrual activism since 2022 when she took on The Period Vampires. The Period...

In this blog we hear from activist and researcher Riya Singh who spent the summer of 2025 in placement with Irise International exploring the intersection between climate and menstrual justice. When climate disasters strike, headlines often focus on infrastructure damage, economic loss, or migration. Rarely do we hear about the silent crisis unfolding in the lives of women and menstruators - those whose basic right to manage their periods with dignity becomes uncertain when water sources dry...