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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

We have a new partner helping us accomplish more change. We launched our collaboration with ARRIVE Kenya last week. 100 Ruby Cups arrived in the...

Safe and Dignified Periods for Refugee Girls in Uganda with Ruby Cup

Photo credit: Peter Caton/CARE We're so happy to share the following update with you because a big part of making this project happen was your...

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

Take a moment and imagine you had your period during the weekend but no tampons or pads at hand and no possibility to access any....

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,...

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...

Menstruation on the silver screen: it’s about time for a new era!

For better or for worse, how we portray things in the media has a lot to do with what we think about them IRL. When...

Ending Chhaupadi – How this NGO is successfully breaking harmful menstrual taboos in West Nepal

Talking about menstruation is still a taboo almost everywhere in the world, so both doing it in Nepal’s most remote Western villages and in public...

This couple has given more than 6000 girls better periods, grades, and a better understanding of their own body

Meet Ben and Golda, the founders of the Golden Girls Foundation. The conversations about periods in Western Kenya would be a lot different or perhaps almost...

Meet the Menstrual Health Hub – The future pulse of the menstrual movement

What girls in Western Kenya learn and think about their periods

Understanding the period experience in a cultural context “Menstruation is the only blood that is not born from violence, yet it’s the one that disgusts...

Making Periods Political And Everybody’s Concern

One of Ruby Cup’s biggest tasks and visions is to provide a sustainable and healthy menstrual product to as many menstruators as possible. But we...

Conversations With Female Mentors In Western Kenya

How local women share their knowledge The Golden Girls Foundation is one of Ruby Cup’s locally based partners in Kenya, where they distribute Ruby Cup menstrual cups and educate...