
Female Sanitation | Reusable Pads
Empowering women and girls through safe sanitation practices and access to education and opportunities, using reusable and hygienic pads.
What we are doing
We’re enabling access to an affordable, reusable, and culturally-sensitive menstrual management solution for women and girls in Timor-Leste: reusable sanitary pads.
Reusable pads are environmentally sustainable, require very little training to use and keep clean, are culturally sensitive and discreet, and are more cost-effective over time compared to disposable pads. From our initial conversations in Timor-Leste, 57% of women stated they would prefer to use reusable products, usually due to the long-term savings associated with a reusable product, as well as recognition of the environmental benefits.
To bring this powerful social enterprise to life, as well as the empowerment of MHM to Timor-Leste’s 400,000 menstruating women and girls, we are leveraging the already established local infrastructure. Working with existing manufacturers and distributors in Timor-Leste, as well as employing local women as sales agents and partners, we’re keeping more money in the local economy, enhancing GDP, and further combating gender inequality.
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