Our hearts (and Period Packs!) go out to the victims of the NSW and QLD floods. The incredible Kelly from our sister charity Underwear for Humanity came in to pick up some Period Packs to take to flood victims along with hundreds of pairs of new underwear.
We can’t do much but we can do something. At least we know those who are affected by the floods and are menstruating won’t be left without sanitary items.
This is what you do. This is how you help. Thank you so much from all of us xx
Last night I spoke to an incredible group of women about the work we do here at National Homeless Collective and the Period Project. One of the topics I touch on is the gender differences in disaster management. Women always fare worse off in disasters This is because disaster management tends to be a male dominated field however infant and home care tend to be female dominated roles. Women are more likely to die or be seriously injured or die in a disaster simply because they can’t run if they need to because they have the care of infants and […]
