How can something as natural as menstruation keep girls away from school?
5500
PADS SOLD IN 2018
IN 5
DIFFERENT COUNTRIES
2700
GIRLS STAYS IN SCHOOL
ABOUT
S/he is a Danish owned non-profit organization, based in the municipality of Copenhagen, Denmark. The organization was founded by Mary Consolata Namagambe, and is a voluntary association, secular (non-religious), and a non-governmental organisation. The organisation can therefore be categorized as an NGO.
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Sh/e focuses on improving the experience and understanding of menstruation, for women and girls.The organisation works to spread awareness and fight menstrual stigma, among other things through fundraising and organizing public talks and informative events about menstruation, menstrual health, stigma and sanitation products.
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The charitable purpose of the organization Sh/e is to improve awareness of menstruation in our community, and help to raise the self-esteem of all menstruating persons. The organization seeks to fulfill its purpose by fighting stigma and work on spreading and offering information in our community.
More specifically, this is done by activities focusing on public information and education, workshops and courses focused on capacity building. In addition to this work, Sh/e also contributes with donations of sanitary products and educational material around the world, with the purpose of addressing the social and economic stigmatization and the taboo that exist in connection to menstruation and menstruating.
VISION
PARTNERS
She for She is a non-governmental organization and social enterprise based in Uganda, working to support young women to stay in school and reach their potential. Their goal is to equip and empower women in Uganda to produce and sell affordable and reusable pads to keep girls in school and offer affordable menstrual products for the every-day woman in Uganda.
She for She is responsible for the production of reusable menstrual pads, which are produced by local women in Kampala and
BOARD
MEMBERS
The organization is headed by a board of directors,
consisting of 3-8 board members, chosen for a 1 year period. After the one year period is up, members can be re-elected. The founder of the organization has the right to choose one boardmember. Who will fill the role of the different positions in the board, is elected by the boards own members. The current role distribution is as follows: Mary Consolata as managing director, MD, Emma Libner as chairwoman, Rikke sig Hansen as Deputy chair woman, Marie Uldall Thomsen as cashier an accountant will be chosen as a member of the board in the next election.
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The responsibility of the board is, among many things, to prepare the accounts of the organisation, make decisions about possible employment of other staff, organize working groups for specific projects, and once a year discuss and determine the extent of the organizations profit distribution for either provision or distribution to charitable purposes.
S/he is a volunteer based non-profit organization, and our work is dependent on the support we get from our volunteers, donors and partners. Because of that, your support is what is making our work possible!
If you wish to support the organization and our cause, we would be delighted to have you as a member. As a member you are supporting us not only financially, but also symbolically in our work.
FOR DONATION:
REG: 5301 KONTO: 0280015
IBAN: DK5853010000280015
Become a member
SWIFT/BIC: ALBADKKK
TYPE OF MEMBER
If you wish to become a member of the organization S/he, you are welcome to become a member both as a private person or as a corporation. You have the opportunity to choose between being a personal member, a private-donation member or a corporate donation member.
To become a member, you have to pay a membership fee, which consists of a yearly contribution/donation, as well as a membership startup fee. The membership fee for each membership category is decided every year at the general assembly, taking place yearly, in the month of May at the latest. As a member of S/he you do not have a right to any of the organizations’ assets or funds, or have the right to receive any kind of profit from the organization.
If you wish to end your membership of S/he, this can be done by sending a written request to our managing director Mary Consolata Namagambe. The termination notice must be sent before the next upcoming membership fee, since there is no possibility for getting your paid membership fee refunded by us.
MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS
As a member of the organization S/he you are supporting the organisations purpose and work. In the event that a member counteracts the purpose and work of the organization, the board of directors have the right to make the decision to terminate the membership, if 2/3 of the members of the board is in agreement. Your membership will also be terminated in the event that the yearly membership fee has not been paid after 4 months or more.
