How can something as natural as menstruation keep girls away from school?
After almost one year of planning and 2 month of crowdfunding, and over 800 people donated a total of 100.000 DKK!
Ladies and gentlemen! Here you have them!
Kampala’s Secondhand Market
My day started early today. At 6 am Ugandan time, which equals to 5 am Danish Time.
I had to go to Kampala’s largest secondhand market. I was told to go there early in the morning to buy things cheaper. As tired as I was, I was finally awakened by men and women shouting:
Come and buy, come and buy!
First School Visit!
It’s not everyday I meet young women with the same hairstyle as mine!
My first school visit where l get to talk about She for She!
She For She Samples!
Friends!
The first samples of She for She sanitary pads are in production!
I’m looking forward to showing you the final results!
#SheforShe
Lunch with Stella Nyanzi
It is not everyday you get to to meet one of the cool feminists in the world. But today was the day!
So, let me introduce you to Stella Nyanzi!
This woman was imprisoned in a maximum security prison just because she called Uganda’s president: “a pair of buttocks”. Yeah, you heard right!
She called the Ugandan president “a pair of buttocks” because during the recent election campaign, he had promised Ugandan school girls free menstrual pads – since 3 out of 10 girls in Uganda don’t go to school when they’re on their period.
When the president had been re-elected, his wife Janet Museveni, Education Minister in Uganda, stated back in February there was no money in the budget for free menstrual pads.
Finally, I’m in Uganda!
Finally, I’m in Uganda!
It’s so crazy the fact that She for She will soon become reality!
Today, I met with these young girls to be hired in She for She.