Days for Girls Workshop Video

Earlier this year, TCR hosted a virtual workshop with Days for Girls International. In the workshop, Days for Girls International outlined how period poverty extends beyond a lack of products to include access to facilities, education, accurate information, and supportive environments, impacting schooling, work, health, and dignity across both low- and high-income countries. Speakers shared personal stories (Eunice in Malawi, Alice in Kenya) to illustrate how misinformation, stigma, and lack of products drive school absenteeism, shame, and withdrawal - and how accurate education can be transformative. They highlighted that an estimated 500M people experience period poverty globally, emphasized product choice (disposables, reusables, cups) based on context, and described their washable pad design iterations driven by user feedback and privacy needs.

The talk connected menstrual health to workplace inclusion, citing data on presenteeism/absenteeism and launching the Period Positive Workplace initiative (free products, basic WASH standards, open communication), now adopted by 250+ workplaces in 44 countries. Policy and advocacy priorities include product safety standards (national and international), integrating menstrual health into SRH and disaster response, and allyship that educates boys/men and engages private-sector partners. In Q&A, presenters invited consumer research on product adoption/acceptability, changes in stigma over time, and the identification of “period deserts.”

See other TCR Field Talks here.