Thanks for Giving – A Tribute to our Volunteers
When we think about our volunteers, “Thank You” is never enough for their hard work.
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Leadership
GNWL 2025 Black History Month: Champions of Change
Every February, Black History Month is celebrated. As we remind ourselves, there are countless Black genius trailblazers that we probably don’t know about, or that we take for granted what they did that shaped culture, or humanity, Nonetheless, it’s never too late to acknowledge these trailblazers and their impacts and contributions whether in February, or any other day!
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Flowing Forward: A Fight Against Period Poverty
Over the last 6 months, I have been working on my Girl Scout Gold Award project, which focused on helping people who experience period poverty as well as educating them about menstrual health.
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Importance of Menstrual Awareness
At Girl Now Woman Later, we believe every day should be Menstrual Health Awareness Day. Our CEO and founder, Bienvenue Konsimbo, advocates for the end of period shame in its entirety.
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Meet the 2024 Interns!
This summer, the Girl Now Woman Later team expanded through our internship program. This program helps cultivate young talent by giving them hands-on experience in non-profit work.
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GNWL is Looking for Volunteer Board Members!
Purpose of the position: Girl Now Woman Later seeks new board members who enjoy hands-on engagement with skills and expertise in event planning, fundraising, management, marketing, governance and strategic planning, or community growth. The Board of Directors is responsible for steering the organization forward, fundraising, and ensuring the nonprofit has the resources it needs to
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Menstruation Education: International Youth Activism
Priyal Tyagi Asking a friend for a tampon or pad seems second-nature for most of us. After all, it’s a simple request for a bodily process that all women experience. However, not all women have the capability to ask these simple questions. Millions of women around the world are silenced under the fabrication that menstrual
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International Day of Education 24 January
EDUCATION is A fundamental human right. I was fortunate to have been educated in Burkina Faso, West Africa. As a young girl, I felt the magic of being able to read, understand, and imagine myself in many stories, whether it was Mariama Bâ, Une si longue lettre (1979), Candide, Voltaire (1759), Ayi Kwei Armah, The
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Interview With Bienvenue Konsimbo
At GNWL we believe 1 girl, 1 pencil, 1 menstrual health educator can prevent girls from skipping classes or dropping out of school and help to break the period shaming stigma. Bienvenue Konsimbo is the founder of Girl Now, Woman Later, an organization dedicated to menstrual education. She is combating period poverty in Burkina Faso,
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Laugh, Cry, Rage, and Rally: Use Social Media to Fight Period Shame
Mid-pandemic, amazing things were happening. It suddenly became so much easier to be an activist. Movements like Me Too and Black Lives Matter thrived during COVID, in part thanks to the availability of social media, and since many of us were isolated at home, we had extra time. Time spent, largely, on platforms like Instagram,
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