EPISODE · Jun 29, 2023 · 30 MIN
#sambalpodcasts: Period Poverty- A Silent Struggle (ft. Annsley, Founder of Projek Gadis Mekar)
from The Sambal Pod · host The Sambal Pod
Is period poverty a worrying issue at Malaysia? Are distributing free pads enough? How did a 24 year old medical student got into finding her own NGO after just reading about this years ago? Tune in as we speak with Annsley Dashawna Stephen, Founder of Pertubuhan Projek Gadis Mekar Malaysia as we speak about period poverty struggles locally, pads or tampons and even about period pain simulators. Our Socials: @projekgadismekar Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/projekgadismekar/ @thesambalpod Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/thesambalpod/ (we are @thesambalpod on Twitter too!) Music Credit: Intro, Interlude and Outro Portrait by Joe Layne- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG_3GyfKv
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Is period poverty a worrying issue at Malaysia? Are distributing free pads enough? How did a 24 year old medical student got into finding her own NGO after just reading about this years ago? Tune in as we speak with Annsley Dashawna Stephen, Founder of Pertubuhan Projek Gadis Mekar Malaysia as we speak about period poverty struggles locally, pads or tampons and even about period pain simulators. Our Socials: @projekgadismekar Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/projekgadismekar/ @thesambalpod Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/thesambalpod/ (we are @thesambalpod on Twitter too!) Music Credit: Intro, Interlude and Outro Portrait by Joe Layne- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG_3GyfKv
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