Menstrual health & women’s empowerment
We set off Kathmandu on February 26th at 3pm: Kamal, our Nepalese project manager; Susmila, the nurse we hired to deliver the Ruby Cup and menstrual hygiene trainings, and I (Clara GO). After getting the 40 buckets and suitcases full of material we were carrying on the bus, we set out to Dhangadhi, feeling both […]
All the photos in this mail were made by the girls during the Participatory Photography workshop #BreakTheSilence #MaunataTodau. Soon we will put them on sale, and the money will be for the authors. We have not been in touch for a while, but time flies and work has been pressing, both in Nepal and in […]
We have copied and translated the following article – originally published at BBC News – because we consider it important that our Catalan and Spanish-speaking readers understand the text properly. — be artsy team An ancient Hindu tradition in which menstruating women are banished to an outhouse is under the spotlight in Nepal after the […]
We have copied and translated the following article – originally published at The Guardian – because we consider it important that our Catalan and Spanish-speaking readers understand the text properly. — be artsy team I was 13 years old with a red ribbon cascading on my oiled hair when I got my first period. I […]
This article is a testimonial written by a friend from France (Delphine) who experienced what Chhaupadi is first hand. This was in the more urban part of Western Nepal. We will do the Rato Baltin project in the more rural and remote ares. Originally published in: https://seedstoplants.wordpress.com/2016/09/29/a-visit-from-aunt-flo-in-nepal/ A little while back, a friend of mine, Clara, […]
From the end of November to end of January the photos from the exhibitionn Asia 14-16 can be seen and bought at Restaurant Manlleuet, at Plaça Fra Bernadí 23, in Manlleu (province of Barcelona). The photos can be booked right there at €25 and sent home, or at our online shop, where they will cost […]
The crowdfunding of our project aimed at girls in Nepal is finally ready. Remember: Rato Baltin Project (Red Bucket) consists of a menstrual and hygienic education program in West Nepal’s remotest areas. Through participatory photography workshops, we will offer menstrual and hygienic education training led by local nurses – with the aim to foster women’s […]
Consisting of photographs taken during the Creativity Photo Project in Asia, project SPECIAL (a portrait series Clara G.O. made at the Manawala Centre in Amristar (India) to boys with special needs), have been exhibited at the Fòrum fotogràfic Can Basté 2016 , and will still be shown up until year end in this same venue. […]
#GivingTuesday is a global movement with the aim to encourage and multiply good deeds. The goal is devoting one day worldwide to celebrate the action of giving, be it food, money, time (volunteering), second-hand objects, etc. We would like to ask for your donation to help us buy the hygienic material we need for […]