The CORA Project: Recent Episodes
The CORA Project
The CORA Project (CORA) is a women-led non-profit whose mission is to support menstruatorsfrom underprivileged communities in South Africa by providing them with the knowledge andresources to end period poverty.Through educating communities on menstruation, raising awareness and encouragingdiscussions around periods, CORA seeks to normalise the rhetoric around periods, and eliminateperiod stigma and shaming.@thecoraprojecthttps://thecoraproject.org/about-us/
In this episode of Period Proud, Aurora Marcopoulos, co-founder of The CORA Project, chats to Dr Elisabeth von Westerholt, a GP with a special interest in women's health, about the menstrual cycle. They get into the why’s and how’s of the symptoms and hormones associated with the different phases of the menstrual cycle. They chat about PMS, whats normal and whats not, and when it is actually PMDD.
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Aurora, co-founder of The CORA Project, chats to Nokuzola Ndwandwe, award-winning South African period activist, about her work around tackling period poverty and campaigning for government to recognise menstrual rights into law. They discuss the language we use in the period space, the steps government needs to take to support the eradication of period poverty, and working together as a period activism collective.
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Welcome back to another episode, where we are talking with Megan du Toit about her experience of starting her period at 17 years old.
She talks a bit about the fear, the doctors visit and the process of getting used to having a period.
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Dr. Marni Sommer, DrPH, MSN, RN, is the current head of the Gender, Adolescent Transitions and Environment (GATE) Program housed within the Sociomedical Sciences Department at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. She continues to dedicate her career to improving the integration of menstrual hygiene management and gender supportive sanitation solutions into global humanitarian response. Today, we chatted with Marni about the importance of curating menstrual health interventions for the community at hand, simple WASH solutions that can improve menstrual health at home, and why we should all be looking at public bathrooms differently.
Aurora, Co-founder and director of The Cora Project, chats to Sophie, founder of Oh Moon about sustainable periods, stigmas around how to dress at that time of the month and feeling sexy on your period.
The CORA Project (CORA) is a women-led non-profit whose mission is to support menstruators from underprivileged communities in South Africa by providing them with the knowledge and resources to end period poverty.
Through educating communities on menstruation, raising awareness and encouraging discussions around periods, CORA seeks to normalise the rhetoric around periods, and eliminate period stigma and shaming.
@thecoraproject
https://thecoraproject.org/
@ohmoon.de
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The “Minister of Menstruation,” Candice Chirwa, is a South African author, academic, activist, and the founder of QRate, a non-profit focused on enhancing the critical thinking skills that are essential for young people. Today, we chatted with Candice about period poverty in South Africa, the importance of creating a safe and fun environment when educating children, how boys can be menstrual allies, and why she continues to dedicate her life to this work.