THE RENT YOU PAY
“Service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this earth,” said Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman elected to the U.S. Congress. My heartfelt thanks to our stupendous volunteers for choosing our Days for Girls Chapter to receive your rent payments!
WANT TO ASSEMBLE SOME KITS?
WANT TO ASSEMBLE SOME KITS?
As mentioned in earlier posts, May 28th is Menstrual Hygiene Day. Let's celebrate by putting together some of the kits that will go to refugees in Lebanon, Syria and Palestine this fall. No sewing or serging skills needed for this, and it's fun to see how attractive the kits are when all the colorful components are neatly packed in them.
Afterwards, anybody who wants to sew or serge can stay for that. If you are one of our wonderful sergers, please bring your own machine. Sewers, bring your machine or use one of mine. I think I have about 10 chairs. We'll meet in our rented Days for Girls rooms at the back of the Our Sewing Room building. 10:00am at 120 5th Street. Enter on 5th Street. Please let me know if you plan to come.
If this doesn't work for you, don't worry. We'll have our regular first-Saturday workday just 4 days later on June 1st in Our Sewing Room.
TIMELY VIDEO
I just received a link to this excellent video of a distribution to refugees in Lebanon. Please watch and SHARE!
AND JUST IN--THIS TIMELY POST!
Busy day for things to share with you! Days for Girls is featured on the front page of Menstrual Hygiene Day's website!
INCONCEIVABLE
Posted elsewhere: "The May 2019 Scientific American has 5 different articles dealing with menstruation, fertility, and female reproductive health. It's well written and even includes the history of how people have viewed menstruation. They mention that very little research is being done in this area, in part because it's still a taboo subject. Lots of money is available for erectile dysfunction, but the funding is much harder to find for menstrual health issues."
Looks interesting. This issue is available online for a fee, or free at your public library.
Scientific American
An assault on women's reproductive health is still a force in much of the world, and scientists often struggle to balance research and public education amid the onslaught of political resistance. This Special Report from our May issue explores what we don’t know, why we don’t know it, and where we go from here: http://bit.ly/2KHuasv
MORE ABOUT CHHAUPADI IN RURAL WESTERN NEPAL
Despite the law banning the forced use of menstrual huts, here's why no one's been charged and the practice continues.
EGYPT
Egypt has eased some restrictions on menstruating girls and women. Read how things a changing with the younger generation.
MILLIONAIRES
"If wealth was the inevitable result of hard work and enterprise, every woman in Africa would be a millionaire"
― George Monbiot
― George Monbiot
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