Inspiration
Projects
People who sow: women and groups who care for the cycle, the body and the community.
Some have spent years teaching people to know their period without shame, sewing cloth pads or adapting yoga to each phase of the cycle. If one of them resonates with you, visit their website, support them or tell someone about them.
In India
Projects that bring together menstrual health, ecology and decent work for women.
Eco Femme
A social enterprise run by women in Auroville (Tamil Nadu) since 2010. They sew cloth pads from organic cotton and teach girls and women to know their cycle without shame.
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Goonj
Turns used clothing into cloth pads ("My Pad") and takes them to villages they don't otherwise reach. Caring for the body and making use of what already exists.
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Saathi
Pads made from banana and bamboo fibre that break down in the soil in about six months. They give work to women in their community.
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Stonesoup
A small shop in Bangalore with menstrual cups, cloth pads and everything you need to live with less waste.
Visitar →In Spain
Cyclical wisdom, yoga for women, cloth pads and menstrual education, close to home.
Mujer Cíclica
Sophia Style has spent more than twenty years accompanying women through ancestral feminine wisdom. Circles and support at every stage of life, in Camallera (Girona) and online.
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bauboLOVE
Cotton cloth pads sewn by hand in their workshop in Cardedeu (Barcelona). They talk about cyclical culture and living your period comfortably.
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Menstrualmente Hablando
Menstrual education with a feminist outlook: workshops in schools and training for teachers and families, in Spanish and Basque.
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Other networks that nourish us.
Navdanya
A seed network founded by Vandana Shiva in India. Women keep and share thousands of old seeds, and with them the knowledge of the land.
Visitar →Red de Educación Menstrual
Educators in Mexico and Latin America who bring menstrual education to schools, universities and communities, from a rights perspective.
Visitar →Photos: Pexels, free-use licence. Each project is independent; the links go to their websites.