The Days for Girls Podcast

Oct 27 2023 5
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Go behind the scenes with Days for Girls International, an award-winning NGO, as we interview thought leaders in international development who work to empower women and girls around the world. You’ll hear from experts in the fields of menstrual health, social entrepreneurship, and international development, as well as get inside stories from the women and girls impacted by our vital work to create menstrual equity for every girl, everywhere, period. Visit daysforgirls.org to learn more about Days for Girls International.

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Episode 051: The Period Positive Workplace Initiative with Diana Nelson and Jess Strait

Oct 27 2023 33 mins  
In the mission for menstrual equity, Days for Girls, The Policy Project, Share the Dignity, Population Services International Europe, The Pad Project, The International Sanitary Supply Association, and The Toilet Board Coalition partnered to create the Period Positive Workplace initiative to help organizations around the world build menstrual equity.Visit https://www.periodpositive

Episode 050: Jeanne Charbit on Scaling Up Access to Menstrual Health in the Global South

Jul 24 2023 27 mins  
Jeanne Charbit is a Project Manager at Hystra Consulting which she joined in 2019. In her first years, Jeanne mainly worked in the nutrition sector, notably on a multi-year partnership between an FMCG and a donor in Nigeria, and on MERIEM project, for which she spent a year in Burkina Faso, working with local companies to develop fortified food products for children and women. More

Episode 049: The Fistula Foundation with Habiba Corodhia Mohamed

Jun 27 2023 31 mins  
Habiba C Mohamed is a social change activator, and trained psychotherapist advocating for women’s bio-psychosocial health and rights. Ms Mohamed supports marginalized women and girls to tap into their inner strengths and amplify their potential and impact in society. Habiba Mohamed works with Fistula Foundation as the Regional Director, Programs (Africa, Asia). Habiba Joined the

Episode 048: The Malkia Initiative with Jedidah Lemaron

Jun 01 2023 31 mins  
Jedidah Lemaron is an accomplished psychologist and specialist in AYSRH and Menstrual Health and Hygiene Management. As a training consultant, FGM advocate, and the Founder and Executive Director of The Malkia Initiative, she works tirelessly to ensure that every girl and woman in pastoral communities can participate in development meaningfully and effectively through quality educa

Episode 047: Mona Foundation with Laura Baerwolf

Jan 12 2023 29 mins  
Laura Baerwolf has been with Mona Foundation since 2019 and is currently its Chief Operating Officer. She is passionate about Mona’s mission to alleviate poverty through education and gender equality and its unique values-driven approach to philanthropy based on the oneness of humanity. She sees her work at Mona as the culmination of a life-long commitment to service.Laura is an

Episode 046: Cynthia Covey Haller on DfG & "Living Life in Crescendo"

Sep 13 2022 32 mins  
In this episode, Cynthia Covey Haller talks about her latest book, Live Life in Crescendo and why Days for Girls is mentioned as an example of what it means to live life in crescendo. Cowritten with his daughter, Cynthia Covey Haller, and published posthumously, Live Life in Crescendo is a life-changing and life-affirming book that befits the generosity and wisdom of the late Steph

Episode 045: Anders Ankarlid on A Good Company's Partnership with DfG

Aug 31 2022 27 mins  
Today's episode is with Anders Ankarlid, Founder of A Good Company, whose mission is to create elegant, thoughtful and sustainable everyday products. Anders is a serial e-commerce entrepreneur, and a father of three. He has worked in e-commerce for more than a decade, and considers himself a mindless consumption-activist.In this episode, Anders talks about why he chose Days fo

Episode 044: Rochelle Courtenay on The 2022 Global Period Poverty Forum

Aug 31 2022 25 mins  
Rochelle Courtenay is the Founder and Managing Director of Share the Dignity, an Australia-based charity, organizing the The Global Period Poverty Forum (GPPF), Oct. 10-12, 2022. The GPPF will bring together 42 world-class speakers, outstanding researchers and those making a global impact for three days of extraordinary development and learning around how WE can unite to end period

Episode 043: A Conversation with Carinne Chambers-Saini, CEO and Founder of DivaCup

Jul 13 2022 30 mins  
Carinne Chambers-Saini, CEO and Founder of Diva, maker of the DivaCup, always knew that she wanted to follow in her mother’s footsteps, as both an entrepreneur and an advocate for women’s health. In this episode, Carinne talks about how she joined forces with her mother to develop Diva, a modern redesign of a menstrual cup concept from the 1930s. The mother-daughter duo started

Episode 042: Nur Kara on Researching Laws and Policies that Support Menstrual Health for School Children

Jun 21 2022 27 mins  
SUBSCRIBE AND LEAVE A REVIEW: APPLE PODCASTS | SPOTIFY | STITCHER | RSSNur Kara is an attorney at DLA Piper LLP (US). She was selected to spend her first year at the firm working exclusively on global pro bono matters. Now, outside of her litigation practice, she continues to work on project development for New Perimeter, the firm’s non-profit affiliate, focusing on menstrual ri