1. Women helping Women be Women

2. When women thrive, all of society benefits, and succeeding generations are given a better start in life. -- Kofi Annan

4. Remember your first period?

5. Did YOUfeel: haPpy nErvous poweRful excIted prOud scareD?

7. Imagine if: your family your town your city your community your home madeYOUfeel…

8. POISONED ALONE CURSED DIRTY TABOO ASHAMED

10. Now imagine what would it have been like if YOU didn’t have a tampon, maxi pad, napkin, or toilet paper...

11. …and YOU had to use: Newspaper rags blankets leaves dirt tree bark mudsponges

12. AND YOUcouldn’t go to school because of your period.

13. UNICEF estimates that 1 in every 10 girls in Sub-Saharan Africa misses school during their period or drops out because of it (2008).

15. This can add up to 5 years of missed education over a lifetime

16. Women and girls in developing nations across the world face these challenges every month

17. Misinformed attitudes about menstruation and a lack of feminine products leave girls feeling embarrassed and ashamed about their bodies…

18. It’s time WOMEN around the world

19. work together

20. to understand

21. EMPOWERMENT

23. PERIOD.

24. GET EDUCATED GET INVOLVED HELP EMPOWER www.sheinnovates.com www.huruinternational.org womenhelpingwomenforwomen.blogspot.com/

25. Women's empowerment is intertwined with respect for human rights. -- MahnazAfkhami