Femme’s Feminine Health Management Program is all about ensuring that schoolgirls have the education and resources they need to manage their monthly cycles in a safe and effective way. The educational component works to provide a deeper understanding of their bodies, and break down the stigma that so often surrounds menstruation. The distribution component of […]
One of our guiding principles at Femme is collaboration, and working in partnership with organizations that share a common goal. For us, that means a lot of education and health-based organizations, but today we are talking about how architecture can affect positive change in a community. Recently, we sat down the the team from C-re-a.i.d., […]
This week, Canada is celebrating National Volunteer Week to recognize and celebrate the efforts of dedicated volunteers across Canada. Femme is lucky enough to have an incredible group of hard working and passionate volunteers in many sectors that have contributed in a big way to Femme’s growth and success! Here, we are profiling a few volunteers whose […]
Our amazing friends at Period Makeover wrote a blog post to help you manage the ups and downs of PMS! What is PMS? Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) refers to many challenging and pesky symptoms that start during the second half of the menstrual cycle (14 days after the first day you started to bleed on your last period) and […]
It was about 10 months ago that the initial conversation about conducting a Boys Health Management Project was had with the Femme team and I in Toronto. Now, in the final week of implementation all of the preliminary ideas, plans and groundwork have been realized in Moshi, Tanzania with great success. The Boys Health Management […]
This fall, Femme introduced the Boys Health Education program and ran a pilot project with students at a secondary school in Kahe. Below, BHE Coordinator Christian reflects on his experiences as Facilitator. The Boys Health Management program was designed to complement the Feminine Health Management program, and the pilot project was implemented with Form 2 and […]
Today was distribution day at Mwika Secondary School. Our team has spent the last two weeks conducting workshops with nearly 200 students at this school, working with the Form 3, Form 5 and Form 6 girls. The village of Mwika is located about an hour outside of Moshi Town, in the stunning foothills of Kilimanjaro. […]
Our very own Nice Kirumu, FHM Program Facilitator (Tanzania) writes about her first experiences with a menstrual cup! The first time I heard about a menstrual cup was when I was volunteering with Anza International here in Moshi. At first, I thought it was like a real cup! I was surprised because I’ve never imagine […]
Femme firmly believes that men and boys must be included in the conversation about menstruation, and actively contribute to breaking down the stigma.We are lucky to have met so many men in Mathare who are not only eager to talk about gender equality, but acknowledge the need for intervention. We asked our Community Outreach Officer […]
Emma Watson recently gave a powerful speech at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, an event hosted by UN Women, marking the launch of the HeForShe Campaign. This campaign calls out to men and boys to join in the fight for gender equality. Take a few minutes to watch her incredible speech now: […]
