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Female empowerment - worldwide!
Did you know that girls in Rwanda miss up to 50 days of school a year? No access to menstrual products, feelings of shame and the taboo surrounding periods - unfortunately, all of this is still far too often part of everyday life for many young girls and women around the world and ultimately results in a sad equal opportunities record. Our partner project Dukataze from Rwanda is working to ensure that this will soon be a thing of the past!
THE GOAL OF OUR RWANDAN PARTNER PROJECT DUKATAZE:
No girl should miss school because of her period!
Dukataze fights against period poverty (i.e. the lack of access to menstrual products) and against the stigmatization of young women during their periods. The goal: no girl should miss school because of her period and therefore have fewer opportunities for education. Dukataze - which in English means something like "Keep going!" - is committed to raising awareness and removing the taboos surrounding menstrual issues with workshops at schools lasting several days.
Our contribution
350
girls and boys take part in the seminars and workshops every month
5.000
participants by 2023 - that is our joint milestone!
We at juno&me are grateful and proud to have Dukataze as a long-term partner organization that we support financially and with whom we regularly exchange ideas. Every time you order from juno&me, you help to ensure that 350 girls and boys can take part in the workshops every month. Our next milestone is for up to 5,000 young people to be able to take part in 2023! Together we can achieve this - and much more! Our juno&me team is in regular contact with Dukataze founder Amina Umuhoza. This means we can learn from each other and always find out directly from Amina how we can best support her and Dukataze.
Interview with Amina, founder of Dukataze
Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, is not only the official twin city of Mainz, the home of juno&me - juno&me founder Julia also has close personal ties to Rwanda. After completing her studies, she worked for an NGO on various projects in Rwanda and got to know the young Rwandan poet, political activist and founder of Dukataze, Amina Umuhoza, through the Rhineland-Palatinate & Rwanda Partnership Association. In this interview, Amina tells our founder Julia what she finds particularly important about her work.
Julia: Dear Amina, what kind of feedback do you get from the participants of your workshops?
Amina: We at Dukataze are often the only people young people can talk to openly about their periods or sexuality. Many topics are not talked about at home, and misinformation often circulates among peers - about the female cycle, contraception and much more.
AMINA UMUHOZA
CEO & Founder, Dukataze
Julia: You are also fighting against period poverty. Tell us more about that!
Amina: Many girls in Rwanda face the same problem every month: they don't go to school during their period - because they are ashamed, afraid of soiling their school uniform or simply because they don't have access to period products. Many homemade makeshift solutions offer inadequate protection or are even dangerous to their health. With Dukataze, we offer psychological, social and economic support, we offer seminars and multi-day workshops directly in the schools or communities and organizeaction days and events. And we show them how they can make their own reusable sanitary pads at home so that they feel safe during their period.
Julia: Your workshops are aimed at girls and boys. Why is it so important to include everyone?
Amina: Dukataze's workshops and seminars are not only aimed at girls and women - young men are also actively involved. This is the only way to remove the taboos surrounding periods in the long term and also to raise awareness about unwanted pregnancies, sexual violence and much more. So that a real change in thinking can happen in the long term and real equality of opportunity can emerge.
Julia, the founder of juno&me, experienced in Rwanda how much of a taboo periods still are in Rwanda
Female empowerment - worldwide!
Did you know that girls in Rwanda miss up to 50 days of school a year? No access to menstrual products, feelings of shame and the taboo surrounding periods - unfortunately, all of this is still far too often part of everyday life for many young girls and women around the world and ultimately results in a sad equal opportunities record. Our partner project Dukataze from Rwanda is working to ensure that this will soon be a thing of the past!
THE GOAL OF OUR RWANDAN PARTNER PROJECT DUKATAZE:
No girl should miss school because of her period!
Dukataze fights against period poverty (i.e. the lack of access to menstrual products) and against the stigmatization of young women during their periods. The goal: no girl should miss school because of her period and therefore have fewer opportunities for education. Dukataze - which in English means something like "Keep going!" - is committed to raising awareness and removing taboos surrounding menstrual issues with workshops at schools lasting several days.
We at juno&me are grateful and proud to have Dukataze as a long-term partner organization that we support financially and with whom we regularly exchange ideas. Every time you order from juno&me, you help to ensure that 350 girls and boys can take part in the workshops every month. Our next milestone is for up to 5,000 young people to be able to take part in 2023! Together we can achieve this - and much more! Our juno&me team is in regular contact with Dukataze founder Amina Umuhoza. This means we can learn from each other and always find out directly from Amina how we can best support her and Dukataze.
Our contribution
350
girls and boys currently take part in the seminars and workshops every month
5.000
participants for 2023 - that is our common milestone!
Interview with Amina, founder of Dukataze
Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, is not only the official twin city of Mainz, the home of juno&me - juno&me founder Julia also has close personal ties to Rwanda. After her studies, she worked for an NGO on various projects in Rwanda and got to know the young Rwandan poet, political activist and founder of Dukataze, Amina Umuhoza, through the Rhineland-Palatinate & Rwanda Partnership Association. In this interview, Amina tells our founder Julia what is particularly important to her in her work.
Female empowerment - worldwide!
Did you know that girls in Rwanda miss up to 50 days of school a year? No access to menstrual products, a sense of shame and the taboo surrounding periods - unfortunately, all of this is still far too often part of everyday life for many young girls and women around the world and ultimately results in a sad equal opportunities record. Our partner project Dukataze from Rwanda is working to ensure that this will soon be a thing of the past!
THE GOAL OF OUR RWANDAN PARTNER PROJECT DUKATAZE:
No girl should miss school because of her period!
Dukataze fights against period poverty (i.e. the lack of access to menstrual products) and against the stigmatization of young women during their periods. The goal: no girl should miss school because of her period and therefore have fewer opportunities for education. Dukataze - which in English means something like "Keep going!" - is committed to raising awareness and removing the taboos surrounding menstrual issues with workshops at schools lasting several days.
Our contribution
350
girls and boys currently take part in the seminars and workshops every month
5.000
participants by 2023 - that is our joint milestone!
We at juno&me are grateful and proud that we were able to win Dukataze as a long-term partner organization, which we support financially and with which we regularly exchange ideas. Every time you order from JUNO & me, you help to ensure that 350 girls and boys can take part in the workshops every month. Our next milestone is for up to 5,000 young people to be able to take part in 2023! Together we can achieve this - and much more! Our juno&me team is in regular contact with Dukataze founder Amina Umuhoza. This means we can learn from each other and always find out directly from Amina how we can best support her and Dukataze.
Interview with Amina, founder of Dukataze
Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, is not only the official twin city of Mainz, the home of juno&me - juno&me founder Julia also has close personal ties to Rwanda. After her studies, she worked for an NGO on various projects in Rwanda and got to know the young Rwandan poet, political activist and founder of Dukataze, Amina Umuhoza, through the Rhineland-Palatinate & Rwanda Partnership Association. In this interview, Amina tells our founder Julia what she finds particularly important about her work.
Become an ambassador for female empowerment yourself!
As you know, we are passionate about female empowerment and doing our part to ensure that women around the world feel good and safe with their bodies - every day, even during their period! And we are committed to ensuring that one day, topics relating to the female body and our menstrual cycle will no longer be taboo or even shameful anywhere.
The best thing is that you can also get involved and make a difference. Simply by supporting our partner project Dukataze through your purchase at juno&me and enabling even more young people to take part in the workshops. Or even by becoming active in your own circle of friends and talking openly about supposedly taboo topics and gradually normalizing them.
Julia: Dear Amina, what kind of feedback do you get from the participants in your workshops?
Amina: We at Dukataze are often the only people young people can talk to openly about their periods or sexuality. Many topics are not talked about at home, and misinformation often circulates among peers - about the female cycle, contraception and much more.
Julia: You are also fighting against period poverty. Tell us more about this!
Amina: Many girls in Rwanda face the same problem every month: they don't go to school during their period - because they are ashamed, afraid of soiling their school uniform or simply because they don't have access to period products. Many homemade makeshift solutions offer inadequate protection or are even dangerous to their health. With Dukataze, we offer psychological, social and economic support, we offer seminars and multi-day workshops directly in the schools or communities and organizeaction days and events. And we show them how they can make their own reusable sanitary pads at home so that they feel safe during their period.
AMINA UMUHOZA
CEO & Founder, Dukataze
Julia: Your workshops are aimed at girls and boys. Why is it so important to include everyone?
Amina: Dukataze's workshops and seminars are not only aimed at girls and women - young men are also actively involved. This is the only way to remove the taboos surrounding periods in the long term and also to raise awareness about unwanted pregnancies, sexual violence and much more. So that a real change in thinking can happen in the long term and real equality of opportunity can emerge.
Julia, the founder of juno&me, experienced in Rwanda how taboo periods still are there
Become an ambassador for female empowerment yourself!
As you know, we are passionate about female empowerment and doing our part to ensure that women around the world feel good and safe with their bodies - every day, even during their period! And we are committed to ensuring that one day, topics relating to the female body and our menstrual cycle will no longer be taboo or even shameful anywhere.
The best thing is that you can also get involved and make a difference. Simply by supporting our partner project Dukataze through your purchase at juno&me and enabling even more young people to take part in the workshops. Or even by becoming active in your own circle of friends and talking openly about supposedly taboo topics and gradually normalizing them.
Julia: Dear Amina, what kind of feedback do you get from the participants in your workshops?
Amina: We at Dukataze are often the only people young people can talk to openly about their periods or sexuality. Many topics are not talked about at home, and misinformation often circulates among peers - about the female cycle, contraception and much more.
AMINA UMUHOZA
CEO & Founder, Dukataze
Julia: You are also fighting against period poverty. Tell us more about that!
Amina: Many girls in Rwanda face the same problem every month: they don't go to school during their period - because they are ashamed, afraid of soiling their school uniform or simply because they don't have access to period products. Many homemade makeshift solutions offer inadequate protection or are even dangerous to their health. With Dukataze, we offer psychological, social and economic support, we offer seminars and multi-day workshops directly in the schools or communities and organizeaction days and events. And we show them how they can make their own reusable sanitary pads at home so that they feel safe during their period.
Julia: Your workshops are aimed at girls and boys. Why is it so important to include everyone?
Amina: Dukataze's workshops and seminars are not only aimed at girls and women - young men are also actively involved. This is the only way to remove the taboos surrounding periods in the long term and also to raise awareness about unwanted pregnancies, sexual violence and much more. So that a real change in thinking can happen in the long term and real equality of opportunity can emerge.
Julia, the founder of juno&me, experienced in Rwanda how much of a taboo periods still are in Rwanda
Become an ambassador for female empowerment yourself!
As you know, we are passionate about female empowerment and doing our part to ensure that women around the world feel good and safe with their bodies - every day, even during their period! We are committed to ensuring that one day, topics relating to the female body and our menstrual cycle will no longer be taboo or even shameful anywhere.
The best thing is that you can also get involved and make a difference. Simply by supporting our partner project Dukataze through your purchase at juno&me and enabling even more young people to take part in the workshops. Or even by becoming active in your own circle of friends and talking openly about supposedly taboo topics and gradually normalizing them.