The Power of Days A Story of Resilience, Dignity, and the Fight for Women's Equity Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Published by Simon and Schuster, 2023
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- Title
- The Power of Days A Story of Resilience, Dignity, and the Fight for Women's Equity Format: Hardcover
- Author
- Mergens, Celeste
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Publication year
- 2023
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- Hardcover
- Language
- English
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- 1637743742
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This is the story of one woman’s path to create a grassroots effort that has now helped nearly 3 million women and girls in 145 countries on 6 continents—and isn’t stopping there.
Every month, millions of girls and women around the world miss school and work during their periods because they don’t have access to menstrual products such as pads or tampons.
In 2008, Celeste Mergens was working with an overcrowded orphanage on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, when she learned that menstruating girls there sat on cardboard in their rooms for several days each month. This set into motion a seemingly simple idea—combining a washable, long-lasting pad with taboo-breaking health education—that became a catalyst for an unlikely global movement for equity. By creating opportunities and inclusive invitations for others to join, that movement grew to become the award-winning nonprofit Days for Girls.
In this book, Mergens offers insight into what allowed her to face every obstacle with a positive mindset, determination, and humility. The challenges Mergens faced and the lessons she learned, personally and professionally, and the triumphs and resourcefulness of leaders all over the globe are illuminating to all who wish to make a difference and create a more equitable world.
The Power of Days is a story of a social shift and a legacy for future generations—one that highlights the powerful impact we can have when we come together.
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About the Author
Celeste Mergens is the founder of Days for Girls International, a global award-winning nonprofit providing menstrual wellness resources and health education to nearly 3 million women and girls in 145 countries. HuffPost named Days for Girls as a “Next Ten” organization poised to change the world in the next decade. Celeste has been recognized as one of Conscious Company Global Impact Entrepreneur’s Top Ten Women, a Global Washington Global Hero, Washington State’s America Mother of the Year, an AARP Purpose Prize winner, and Women’s Economic Forum’s Woman of the Decade. She has been featured in O, The Oprah Magazine; Forbes; and Stanford Social Innovation Review. Celeste and her best friend of 40 years, her husband Don, live in the Pacific Northwest.
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