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The first Menstruation Walk in Denmark

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Because no girl should stay home from school because of menstruation

Mary Consolata Namagambe, CEO She for She

85 women walking through the beautiful nature Copenhagen has to offer, with one common goal. Opening up the dialogue of menstruation in Denmark, whilst supporting school girls in Uganda.

🩸The 28th of May was the international menstrual hygiene day, and therefore the perfect time to start destigmatising Menstruation here in Denmark!🩸

⚡️ We were met by an incredible group of energetic and motivated women, despite a weather forecast that screamed rain and wind. To kick off the day, we started with a big group warm-up/dance session, led by our CEO Mary. Soundboks were so kind to lend us music equipment for the day, which helped set the good vibes throughout.

🚶🏼‍♀️ Together we walked 14km from DR Byen to Vestamager station, with a couple of stops on the way. Menstruation chants, dance sessions, and beautiful surroundings were the core components of the walk. It was amazing to see the high levels of enthusiasm throughout the entire day!

🥂 The final stop of the day was a Menstruation Party at Christiansborg with Real relief way. We ate cake and drank bubbles and drinks from Ish Spirits, whilst listening to our Dj’s play!

In order to show our appreciation to the many participants, we assembled goodie bags with a range of amazing products from: The Body Shop , Female Invest, Glittergrej , All Matters, Heart Cup, Vi Unge, Simpelt.dk, Økofamilien, Peech & Line Jensen Illustrationer

To make sure we were all hydrated and energised we had a selection of refreshments ready on the day from Nørrebrew, Nocco , ISH Spirits and The Protein Kitchen

We had a great day overall, and are so happy for the overall support and feedback received on the day. Thank you to all our sponsors, attendees and volunteers for making the day possible!

See you all for another Menstruation Walk next year!

She for She at Period talks 2019

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Period talks 2019

Our CEO Mary Consolata Namagambe attended Period talks 2019 to talk about She for She and why people still whisper when talking about menstruation.

Period talks is arranged as a cooporation between She for She, the podcast “kærlig hilsen underlivet”, kvinde kend din krop and many other amazing participants!

The event took place on the 27th of may in Århus, and during menstrual hygiene day the 28th of may in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Created as a forum for people to talk openly about menstruation, Period talks works as a safe space for talks and discussions about period shame, menstrual health education, menstrual poverty, stigma and so much more!

Mary took the stage to talk about the startup of She for She, and to share some of the stories that act as a motivator for her to keep She for She growing and to speak up about menstrual poverty and shame.

During the event, Mary also did a live interview with Emma Libner from the danish podcast “Kærlig Hilsen Underlivet”.

If you missed the event, you can listen to the interview here

The two events were a success, with great talks from politicians, tv personalities and other important actors in the period debate. The event also featured dj’s, and different kinds of period themed art.

In the gallery below you can catch a glimpse of the event.

Will we see you next year?

Gender Dialogues: unfinished business at the UN City in Copenhagen

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Our CEO and Founder Mary Consolata Namagambe was invited by the Ambassador of South Africa in Denmark, H.E. Zindziswa Mandela, to give a speech at the UN city in Copenhagen – speaking to 50 ambassadors from across the world and 300 guests.

This was the first of a series of dialogues on driving gender equality foreward, called “Gender Dialogues: unfinished business”. The event was held on the 1st of March at the UN city in Copenhagen, and cohosted by UNOPS and the embassies of Australia, Ireland and Norway to Denmark.

Mary was part of a panel of influential voices from public and private sectors, as well as civil society.

Mary spoke about why something as natural as menstruation is keeping girls away from school, and why we in 2019 still haven’t noticed that menstruation has been keeping girls from fulfilling their full potential despite menstruation being part of our lives since day one.

Mary was on stage with many influential speakers, including Kira Appel, Deputy Head for the Department for Gender Equality from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Caroline Rusten, the Nordic Director for UN Women.  

To learn more about the event, follow the link below:

https://un.dk/news-and-media/gender-dialogues-unfinished-business

Mino talks: international womens day

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The 8th of march, our CEO and founder Mary Consolata Namagambe gave a talk at the event Mino talks, on their special event celebrating international womens day!

Mino talks is a reaccuring event held by Mino Danmark, an organization that works to support minorities in Denmark to be a part of society as well as combat racism, discrimination and alienation from society.

Mary spoke in front of an audience that has supported She for She from the beginning, and said about her experience at the event: 

“I am overwhelmed at the support She for She is getting from you. When I stepped off the stage I was in tears  – to think that 2 years ago I got the idea to start She for She, and today I am standing here talking about why something as natural as menstruation shouldn’t keep girls away from school!” 

The event took place at Copenhagen public library at Krystalgade 14, in Copenhagen. 

Mary was joined by other speakers representing minorities in Denmark, and the two main debate topics were “women in parenting” (With moderator Natasha Al-Hariri and a panel including: Irina Olsen, Ekaterina Krarup Andersen, Yanaba Mompremier Rymark Sankoh & Laila Vetterlain.) and “Women in Business” (With moderator Inaam Nabil and panel including: Asrin Mesbah, Sara Jin Smidt, Christina Krzyrosiak Hansen & Souad F. Taha). 

The event also had speakers and other entertainers, including Sara Omar, Melissa Inya, Up Coming Company, Sara Rahmeh, Ellie Jokar, Jasmin Gabay – and of course Mary! 

We would like to thank you for all the support we are getting for She for She, both at the event and in general!

Thank you!

To learn more about Mino Denmark, follow the link below:

http://www.mino.dk