Today, we will engage with the Parliament of RSA Portfolio Committees on Higher Edu & Training, Portfolio Committee on Basic Edu, as well as key education ministries, to highlight the urgent issue of #Periodipoverty within South Africa's education sector. #PeriodPovertyEndsWithUs

A joint meeting of the Basic and Higher education committees is today, considering a petition from I Menstruate Movement and Team Free Sanitary Pads. The petition is calling for the South African government to legislate the provision of menstrual health and hygiene management for

The I Menstruate Movement says 30% of menstruating learners in South Africa miss school because they lack menstrual products.

The DBE, along with the Department of Higher Education and Training, are briefing the Portfolio Committees on Basic and Higher Education and Training in Parliament today, 13 November 2024. The briefing follows a petition to Parliament for free menstrual hygiene products for

On Wednesday, I_Menstruate Movement reminded Parliament of RSA that period poverty is a form of structural violence that pushes girls out of school & into the grip of exploitation & abuse. dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-1… #PeriodPovertyEndsWithUs #MenstrualHealthEquityBill #16DaysOfActivism

We Commemorate #WorldChildrensDay with My First Period video, where our members share heartfelt & unfiltered stories of menarche. Watch & share with others. 🩸📚✊🏾 Visit our YT page to watch the full video. #PeriodPovertyEndsWithUs #MenstrualHealthEquityBill #EndPeriodPoverty

[#MatricResults2024 statement 🖊️📢] The true story of the protea and the harsh realities of schooling in South Africa. Read our full statement here:  equaleducation.org.za/the-true-story…

Sugary drinks dump sugar into our bodies putting us at risk for diabetes. Demand a stronger health promotion levy to protect our future. Sign the petition📝 #HPL #Heala

Catch our founder & executive director, Tracey Malawana live at 11am on SAfmRadio 📻 as she discusses our call to President Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 and the GNU to publicly commit to providing free menstrual products for all during #SONA2025 #PeriodPovertyEndsWithUs #MenstrualEquity #SONA

At the I-Menstruate Equity Summit held at the Nelson Mandela foundation DM Letsike joins the delegates including young people to share the Government work towards ending period poverty.

“Today is one of those moments when we choose not to accept silence, not to wait for permission, and not to be polite about our pain.” – Founder & Executive Director of I_Menstruate Movement, Tracey Malawana #PeriodPovertyEndsWithUs #MenstrualHygieneDay #menstruationmatters

“The idea here and our commitment is that we must make menstrual products free for everyone, accessible everywhere.” - Deputy Minister of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Honourable Mmapaseka Steve Letsike

“As part of my commitment, I will be receiving the reports (Bleeding in Silence: Barriers to Menstrual Hygiene among School Girls in South Africa, Menstrual Health Equity Bill, and the Costing Study) from yourselves (I_Menstruate Movement). #PeriodPovertyEndsWithUs

We are at the Education Indaba on Menstrual Health and Sanitary Dignity hosted by Dep. Basic Education and partner. Our founder Tracey Malawana will be presenting on our work and also offering systemic interventions to address period poverty. #PeriodPovertyEndsWithUs #MenstrualHygieneDay

So great to hear the EFF Julius Sello Malema echoing our call for free menstrual products (sanitary pads)! We engaged them & other parties ahead of elections to include it in their manifestos, powerful to see them follow through.📚🩸✊🏾 #PeriodPovertyEndsWithUs #EFFJune16Rally

#NationalDialogueZA | From villages, townships & classrooms, our young members carried their communities’ truths into rooms that rarely hear them. Among fewer than 10 children, they spoke boldly, not just on period poverty, but on the everyday injustices silenced by power. 🩸✊🏾📚

#NationalDialogueZA reflection from our member – Sinenhlanhla Mogamisi (16) from Ipokeng High School situated in the North West Province. #PeriodPovertyEndsWithUs #NationalDialogue #Children

#nationaldialogueza reflection from our national learner representative – Tshegofatso Mabilane from Thuto Ke Maatla Engineering School of Specialisation, situated in Tembisa, Gauteng Province. #periodpovertyendswithus #childrenasactivecitizens #children

#NationalDialogueZA reflection from our national learner representative – Molebogeng Chochoe from Ipokeng High School, situated in the North West Province. #periodpovertyendswithus #childrenasactivecitizens #children

#NationalDialogueZA reflection from our member – Tsireledzo Makhitha from Ikusasa Comprehensive School, situated in Tembisa, Gauteng Province. 🩸📚✊🏾 #periodpovertyendswithus #childrenasactivecitizens #children