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How ‘NHI on wheels’ is making a difference to young people in rural Eastern Cape

Maverick Citizen

How ‘NHI on wheels’ is making a difference to young people in rural Eastern Cape

By Sue Segar

Sherie De Wet – keeping girls in school one Palesa Pad at a time

South Africa

Sherie De Wet – keeping girls in school one Palesa Pad at a time

By Thom Pierce

Learners march in Pretoria to demand free sanitary pads

South Africa

Learners march in Pretoria to demand free sanitary pads

By Kimberly Mutandiro for GroundUp

Nappies and pads fill up our landfills — action is needed by producers and consumers (Part One)

South Africa

Nappies and pads fill up our landfills — action is needed by producers and consumers (Part One)

By Jennifer Smout

Local is lekker when it comes to reusable pads and nappies (Part Two)

South Africa

Local is lekker when it comes to reusable pads and nappies (Part Two)

By Jennifer Smout

South Africa

British athlete Andrea Mason puts SA’s ‘period poverty’ and female reproductive matters in the spotlight

By Biénne Huisman