How do you cut the school dropout rate for girls in a remote pocket of Uganda? And how do you create jobs for village women? The answer to both questions: sanitary pads. The story begins in 2009, when ...

My first reaction when I heard about the growing trend for cloth feminine hygiene products was scepticism. In the same way I could never quite get on board with reusable nappies, reusable sanitary ...

Across rural and tribal India, millions of women and girls still manage menstruation without safe products, accurate ...

Whether you’re using tampons or disposable pads, feminine hygiene products not only build up in landfills but also have a cumulative financial impact on your wallet. To save money and the environment, ...

MUTASA DISTRICT, Zimbabwe (Reuters) - A community group in rural Zimbabwe is making reusable sanitary towels so that girls do not skip school when they have their period. The Chiedza Community Welfare ...

Most of us grew up thinking that we have no other options than disposable feminine products for that time of the month. But before the sanitary napkins, and tampons, there were pasador or cloth pads.

Reusable sanitary pads are gaining renewed attention among South African women after a recent study by the University of the Free State (UFS), which found that some disposable sanitary pad brands may ...

ROCKFORD -- United Women in Faith, a Rockford based women's group, has been working on their global mission project to create cloth sanitary pads for young girls in Africa. Members partnered with the ...

DUMANDIH, India — Anita Kumari was scared and apprehensive when, at age 13, she first started her period. Though she’d learned about menstruation at her school in rural eastern India, she didn’t fully ...

Afripads, handed out in a kit that includes a carrying case, are credited with making girls feel comfortable coming to school when they have their period. The answer to both questions: sanitary pads.