Podcasts about dignity period

The Pelvic Floor plays an important role in our bodies. It's an incredible collection of muscles & ligaments that support our bladder, uterus, & rectum.It plays a role in sexual function, in childbirth, in supporting our daily and lifelong activities of peeing and pooping!It turns out there's even physical therapists specifically trained to support those who may need to work on loosening or strengthening those muscles of the pelvic floor.The ladies at Not So Private Parts were thrilled to have a chat with Kendra Erven, a Chicagoland Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist who's been working in the field for over 25 years. (That's a heck of lot of pelvic floors people!)Join us and learn what is the pelvic floor, what does it do, what issues can arise that stem from the pelvic floor and what can we do about them!Our community shout out for this episode is Dignity Period! Stay tuned at the end of the episode to hear from the Executive Director, Angie Wiseman, and learn the story and impact behind Dignity Period's mission.

It is an absolute honor to welcome Freweini Mebrahtu to Up/Root! Freweini is a global leader in menstrual health management and CNN's 2019 Hero of the Year for her work to eliminate the stigma associated with periods and her 15-year campaign to provide women and girls in Ethiopia equitable access to reusable pads. She started Mariam Seba Sanitary Products Factory in Mekelle, Ethiopia in 2005 and her factory is staffed by over 60 women who now produce over 1 million reusable sanitary pads annually. Freweini partners with Mekelle University and Dignity Period in her mission to restore period justice to Ethiopia and since 2009, they have reached more than 800,000 students. Research shows that schools visited by Dignity Period have a 24% increase in attendance among girls and for only $5 a year, you can support a young girl's access to the sanitary pads she needs. Please go to dignityperiod.org to read more and contribute to her extraordinary work in Ethiopia. If you want to help end period poverty in Kenya, please consider giving to Project Imagine (projectimagine.net), a student-led campaign that was established in 2015. For more information on how you can get involved in the period movement in the US, go to https://www.period.org/. Useful data on the issue in Ethiopia can be found here: http://www.pma2020.org/sites/default/files/ETR5-MHM%20brief-v1-2017-08-14_0.pdf. This episode was edited and recorded by Bukachi Akatsa of BTSU studios (bstu.av@gmail.com). The Up/Root jingle is performed and written by my daughter, Selah!

A recent report surveyed low-income women in St. Louis and found that nearly two-thirds of them can’t always afford pads or tampons – often resorting to rags, diapers or paper towels. Host Don Marsh delves deeper into the issue of period poverty with Anne Sebert Kuhlmann, associate professor of behavioral science and health education at St. Louis University, who led the study. Also joining the conversation are Angie Weisman, executive director of Dignity Period, and Jessica Adams, executive director of St. Louis Alliance for Period Supplies and the St. Louis Area Diaper Bank.

Guest host Mary Otto, President of Local 43, and member of NSGEU's Political Action Committee interviews Erin Casey and Joan Helson about a campaign called Dignity. Period. From a blog written by Erin Casey: "One-third of Canadian women under the age of 25 say they've struggled to afford menstrual products (Plan International Canada, 2018). One in seven girls in Canada have either left school early or missed school entirely because they don't have what they need to manage their periods (Always Confidence and Puberty Study, 2018). Nova Scotia is the province with the highest rate of food insecurity in Canada. When people with periods can't afford food, they can't afford other necessities. They likely have to choose between groceries and period products, often putting their children's needs ahead of their own. Dignity. Period. is a campaign to help people with periods in Nova Scotia access the menstrual hygiene supplies they need to thrive—to live safely and with dignity. We're inviting people across the province to host Pad Parties and collect donations of period products for Feed Nova Scotia to distribute to their 145 member food banks, meal programs, and shelters." https://www.feednovascotia.ca/blog/dignity-period To like Dignity.Period Halifax Facebook page, visit: https://www.facebook.com/DignityPeriodCampaign/ For a transcript of the podcast, please visit our website: http://nsgeu.ca/nsgeu-union-matters-e7-dignity-period/

This episode I sat down with two lovely SLU students, Shanaya Shah and Molly Dippel, to talk about the injustices of menstruation. Give it a listen, and get yourself informed! **I apologize that I never directly asked the "What's one thing you wish people knew about periods?" question, but I think the entire episode does a good job of answering that! For more information about PMDD visit: https://bit.ly/2IueFP4 and contact your doctor if something about your period doesn't feel right For more information on Aunt Flow visit: https://www.goauntflow.com/ For more information on Dignity Period visit: https://www.dignityperiod.org/ To get involved with Dignity Period on SLU's campus, or for more information about the Aunt Flow initiative email shanaya.shah@slu.edu Special thanks to Genna Hilbing, KSLU, the Saint Louis University Communication Department, and the University News Editorial Board. Thanks for listening :)

Dignity Period helps Ethiopian girls stay in school by providing the supplies and education they need to manage menstruation. This means the opportunity for a better life. Girls deserve dignity -period.