NEW COMIC BOOK FOR GIRLS TO BE LAUNCHED NEXT MONTH​

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A local organisation dubbed Vasikana Project, promoting the empowerment of girls through menstrual health education, last week partnered Menstrupedia of India, Stayfree Africa, and The Sister Accord Foundation, to produce a Menstrupedia Comic in Shona...

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HOME AWAY FROM HOME: ZVISINEI DZEPASI MAMUTSE

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Vasikana Project started in 2014 as a conversation with my sisters about what we could do to continue the legacy of our mother, who had passed away suddenly. Our father passed away five years after she did, so we wanted to start something that connected us. At first, we started an initiative with bras, but that didn't take off… 

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US BASED DIGNITY CHAMPION: ZVISINEI DZEPASI

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Something happened to me in 2014, (I turned 40) and I panicked and began to ask so many questions about my life and future. I asked myself if I was to die tomorrow how would my children remember me, what values have I instilled in them living my day to day life?

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ZVISINEI DZAPASI MAMUTSE: CHALLENGING THE MYTH OF MENSTRUATION CONVERSATION AS TABOO

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Zimbabwean born and US resident Zvisinei Dzapasi Mamutse is on a mission to empower girls from her country of origin. Her organization, Vasikana Project, supports girls with material and other needs so that they do not miss school.

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STATE OF THE GIRL: STILL WORK TO DO BY ZVISINEI DZEPASI MAMUTSE

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In 2019, girls are pushing forward breaking barriers, we are pushing forward however we still have a lot of work to do. We are linked globally at the touch of a button, yet girl in other parts of the world are struggling to manage their period and the mystery of puberty still remains that- a mystery