The Frontline of Dignity

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...

Board Member quoted in Newsweek. Dignity Period Board Member and associate professor of behavioral science and health education at Saint...

NEWS AND EVENTS FROM DIGNITY PERIOD Today is Giving Tuesday Around the world, people donate to the organizations they believe in on this...

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...

Dr. Lewis Wall, President of the Dignity Period Board of Directors, spoke with St. Louis Magazine about our work in Ethiopia and why...

Dignity Period supports a partnership between Mekelle University and Mariam Seba Sanitary Products Factory to produce and deliver free,...

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...

Anne Sebert Kuhlmann recently joined Dignity Period’s board of directors. We sat down with her to learn more about her life, her...

“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...

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...

An interview with Angie Wiseman, Dignity Period’s executive director We are thrilled that Angie recently joined Dignity Period as our...

Dignity Period works to bring menstrual hygiene supplies to girls in Ethiopia who can’t afford to purchase them, or to places where these...

Dignity Period was started by one woman who listened to the needs of other women in Ethiopia. She determined that menstrual hygiene was...

Dignity Period and Cotton Babies, a cloth diaper and other childcare products company based in St. Louis, have a lot in common. Both...

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...

African men and boys are often characterized as being insensitive to a woman’s needs. Magazines, newspapers, and charitable organizations...

Shewaye Belay Tessema has worked on a lot of projects. With an MSc in parasitology and immunology from Addis Ababa University, and a...

As the mother of two daughters, Denise Pitlyk understands the significance of supporting and celebrating a girl’s transition into...

Menstruation occurs due to the burdens or stresses of daily life. Periods result because of nature, or God’s will. Menstrual blood is a...

Periods in Ethiopia are often difficult; girls report fear and shame – fear of what is happening in their bodies, and shame from others...