Innovative Partnerships: Luanda International School & Ruby Cup
As part of our commitment to innovative partnerships, Ruby Cup has partnered with a student-led initiative at the Luanda International School in Angola to run...
What’s It Like To Be A Ruby Cup Trainer?
We interviewed menstrual health educator Judith from Femme International to find out why she does the work she does and how the workshops are impacting people...
The Future of the Menstrual Movement Lies in the Hands of the Youth
Engaging international youth workers on how to integrate menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) into their existing programs at the 2019 Period Empowerment Network Project Training...
Field Report from Malawi: the power of peer to peer training
Ruby Cup’s Regional Program Manager for East Africa, Alfred Muli, shares his field report from his recent trip to Malawi, where he spoke to five of our local...
Fighting Period Poverty in the UK
Together with Ditch The Rag we're donating menstrual cups in the UK for the first time. Read about our fight against period poverty in the...
This was Women Deliver 2019: impressions, favourite moments & what’s happening next
What would a gender-equal world look like? Our social impact director Amaia Arranz got a glimpse of that during the Women Deliver Conference in Vancouver....
Distributing Menstrual Cups in Kenya
100 Ruby Cups arrived in the southwestern part of rural Kenya. Ruby Cup Trainer Vanessa went there to explain the world of menstrual cups to a...
Safe and Dignified Periods for Refugee Girls in Uganda with Ruby Cup
WoMena and CARE (relief) have been collaborating on a successful menstrual cup pilot project. 100 girls and women in Imvepi Refugee Settlement in Uganda received...
Get to know the African Coalition for Menstrual Health Management
The #ACMHM emerged out of the recommendations that occurred during the inaugural 2018 Africa Menstrual Health symposium in Johannesburg. It made history as it was...
Can Menstrual Health Change a Community?
The Ruby Women Group from Global One, Mathare, Kenya. The struggles of women in poverty are many. Early pregnancies being perhaps one of the better...
Why Are Girls Skipping School To Sit on Sand?
Benter Oyugi is from the Mathare Slum of Nairobi, Kenya. She is one of the first beneficiaries of Femme International’s Menstrual Health Management Program that distributes...
Would your period be cheaper if you lived in another country?
The true cost of menstrual health care around the world Ever since I converted to using a menstrual cup, the aisle with all the menstrual...
“More powerful together” – A few thoughts on IWD2019
The United Nations’ official theme for this year’s International Women’s Day is “More Powerful Together”: a call to stand in unison for gender equality. “It...
This is how our NGO partner ‘be artsy’ fights Chhaupadi in Nepal
In 2005 the Government of Nepal declared the practice of Chhaupadi illegal, and since 2018 it has been considered a criminal offense with explicit consequences....
Giving Tuesday: 4 ways to donate menstrual products
Lack of access to menstrual products is keeping young women from achieving their full potential. That’s why this Giving Tuesday we want to encourage you to give...
Jennifer Wynne: When you have a period, you can have a vote
Meet the people from around the world who work with Ruby Cup. This portrait is about Jennifer Wynne, founder and director of “Changing lenses, changing...
My Deepest Fear – This was the Ruby In The Rift Project
As I empty my bags from the past four months of traveling, I am profoundly aware that I am unpacking more than just “things”. Enveloping...
Vanessa Kivugale: How a Merry-Go-Round brought me to Ruby Cup
MEET THE PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD WHO WORK WITH RUBY CUP. THIS PORTRAIT IS ABOUT VANESSA KIVUGALE, RUBY CUP TRAINER AND AMBASSADOR IN KENYA,...
The woman who invented the menstrual cup
Leona W. Chalmers, inventor of the menstrual cup © Harry Finley mum.org After a week of bloat and fatigue, my period finally arrived. I’m happy...
Anne Kukuczka: Working on Top of the World
Meet the people from around the world who work with Ruby Cup. This portrait is about Anne Kukuczka, one of the founders of Putali Nepal,...
How we make sure our donations have a positive long term impact
In 2011, when we first started Ruby Cup and our Buy One Give One Programme, the “year of the period” was still three years ahead...
Golda Ayodo: For A Golden Future
Meet the people from around the world who are a part of making Ruby Cup what it is. This portrait is about Golda Ayodo, the...