Fighting Period Poverty in the U.S.
When unmet menstrual hygiene needs among low-income women in St. Louis, Missouri were uncovered, Dignity Period jumped in to help....
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- Apr 10, 2019
Spring Newsletter: The Frontline of Dignity
NEWS AND EVENTS FROM DIGNITY PERIOD The countdown is on! Give STL Day is Wednesday, May 1. Give STL Day is a 24-hour, online...
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- Mar 20, 2019
Dignity Period Supporters Let the Good Times Roll
Dignity Period’s 5th Annual Gala was a fun, festive event with a Mardi Gras theme that brought together the organization’s champions for...
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- Feb 12, 2019
We did it! Dignity for 275,00 students!
Dignity Period, our donors, supporters, and team in the U.S. and Ethiopia closed out 2018 with a bang. Working together, we were able to...
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- Jan 15, 2019
Dignity Period in the News: Research and Outreach Extend to the U.S.
Board Member quoted in Newsweek. Dignity Period Board Member and associate professor of behavioral science and health education at Saint...
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- Nov 27, 2018
November Newsletter: The Frontline of Dignity
NEWS AND EVENTS FROM DIGNITY PERIOD Today is Giving Tuesday Around the world, people donate to the organizations they believe in on this...
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- Nov 12, 2018
Jen Hatmaker, a reflection of the Dignity Period mission
I recently had the pleasure of meeting someone who has probably never heard of Dignity Period but lives a life totally in sync with our...
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- Oct 16, 2018
Dignity Period’s commitment to educational equality in Ethiopia profiled in the news
Dr. Lewis Wall, President of the Dignity Period Board of Directors, spoke with St. Louis Magazine about our work in Ethiopia and why...
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- Oct 5, 2018
Dignity Period project recognized by Mekelle University
Dignity Period supports a partnership between Mekelle University and Mariam Seba Sanitary Products Factory to produce and deliver free,...
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- Sep 20, 2018
Walking to school – uphill both ways
Remember when your grandmother used to tell you that she walked an hour to school, uphill both ways? This story always seemed to be told...
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- Jun 18, 2018
Anne Sebert Kuhlmann joins the board of directors
Anne Sebert Kuhlmann recently joined Dignity Period’s board of directors. We sat down with her to learn more about her life, her...
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- Jun 18, 2018
What do girls deserve?
“What do girls deserve?” This is the question posed by Dignity Period’s new video, debuted at our 4th Annual Spring Gala and it’s a...
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- May 25, 2018
Insights on pads, cameras, and Landcruisers
The girls sat crowded together on the well-worn school benches and looked at me with a mix of mistrust and curiosity. Joni Kabana, the...
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- May 25, 2018
Impacting the future of Ethiopia, girl by girl
An interview with Angie Wiseman, Dignity Period’s executive director We are thrilled that Angie recently joined Dignity Period as our...
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- May 25, 2018
Blood, not banishment: The price of periods
Dignity Period works to bring menstrual hygiene supplies to girls in Ethiopia who can’t afford to purchase them, or to places where these...
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- May 23, 2018
Listening to women – in Ethiopia and Nepal
Dignity Period was started by one woman who listened to the needs of other women in Ethiopia. She determined that menstrual hygiene was...
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- May 23, 2018
Sharing values – Cotton Babies partners with Dignity Period
Dignity Period and Cotton Babies, a cloth diaper and other childcare products company based in St. Louis, have a lot in common. Both...
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- May 23, 2018
Going Back to School, Shameless
As girls get excited to head back to school in the US, girls in Ethiopia face school with the fear of shame and embarrassment. This...
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- May 23, 2018
Let’s hear it for the boys (and men)
African men and boys are often characterized as being insensitive to a woman’s needs. Magazines, newspapers, and charitable organizations...
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- May 23, 2018
Meet Shewaye Belay Tessema: Our go-to person on the ground at Mekelle University
Shewaye Belay Tessema has worked on a lot of projects. With an MSc in parasitology and immunology from Addis Ababa University, and a...
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