What connects a pad box in a Nigerian school, a coalition meeting in Pakistan, and a digital security workshop in Paraguay? They each address a structural barrier that limits women’s participation.

Monica Marura, 35, displays sanitary pads in Lamu Old Town on February 4, 2026. She is determined to end period poverty among ...

A low-cost, self-sanitising and reusable period pad developed by scientists at Cardiff University has left the lab for ...

Discover how recent research reveals that common menstrual products may contain harmful chemicals, raising urgent questions about the safety of products millions of South African women rely on.

Sherie de Wet's Palesa Pads are tackling period poverty by providing safe, sustainable alternatives to harmful menstrual products in South Africa.

“They unfortunately are in these products, and it’s all over the world. It’s not just a South African problem,” he said. The National Consumer Commission says broader testing will now be conducted ...

Reusable sanitary pads are gaining renewed attention among South African women after a recent study by the University of the Free State (UFS), which found that some disposable sanitary pad brands may ...

A PAMPANGA-BASED startup is turning to excess textiles to address one of the country’s most persistent waste problems: disposable menstrual pads. Ecopad Gaia produces reusable sanitary pads made from ...

The campaign officially kicked off at Assegai Primary School and PR Pather Secondary School, where learners received reusable sanitary pad packs designed to support them for years to come. Engen will ...

Billions of people all over the world use menstrual products. Yet, with us being exposed to so many different chemicals in our daily lives, it’s easy to wonder about the chemicals that these products ...

A new peer-reviewed study from the University of the Free State (UFS) published on February 16 has found that every sanitary pad and pantyliner tested contained at least two endocrine-disrupting ...

Menstrual products used by millions of South Africans contain hormone-disrupting chemicals, even when marketed as “free from harmful chemicals”, new research from the University of the Free State (UFS ...