by Eco Femme | Mar 7, 2019 | Blog, Education
Dear Friends, we are posting regarding our Pad for Pad programme, which you may already be aware of. Pad for Pad: Passing on the power of informed choice. Through this programme, we deliver menstrual health education and offer cloth pads to underprivileged...
by Eco Femme | Mar 2, 2019 | Blog, Culture
“Period. End of Sentence.” A 26 minute documentary that looks at women in an Indian village who are donated a sanitary pad-making machine. More recently, the film is making waves for having won an Oscar. source Clearly, it is changing times in India when...
by Eco Femme | Feb 14, 2019 | Blog, Culture
“It is important to examine the language we use, or the language that we have been forbidden to use, and question how it is instrumental in constructing how we think about our body and self….When we don’t talk about menstruation, when we emphasise...
by Eco Femme | Nov 12, 2018 | Blog, Making the switch
1. They’re lovely and soft against your skin so you hardly feel like you’re wearing a pad. 2. They’re flexible so they mould to the curve of your body and move with you. 3. There’s no sticky backing so you never get your pubic hair agonisingly pulled if you get your...
by Eco Femme | Nov 2, 2018 | Blog, Health & Hygiene
You are considering or already made the switch to washable cloth pads. But what about choosing a soap to clean your cloth pads? It should be effective, but it should also not be harmful for your body and our environment, right?! Here is an inspiration, the...