Reflections
Announcement that Freedom Cups are at the school shop
When we were introduced to Freedom Cups through the presentation Rebecca, a founder of the company, gave during one of our sessions, we knew their values aligned with ours and working with them would help further our service and give us a chance to impact our local...
Meeting with Mr. Alchin and Mr. Hannah
In order to make sure we were allowed to introduce Freedom Cups at the School Shop, we decided to contact the Head of Service, (Mr. Hannah), the Head of High School (Mr. Alchin), and the Head of Facilities (Mr. Thomas). We contacted Mr. Thomas through email, and set...
Freedom Cups meeting with Daraja
As we end season 2, GEP has accomplished a lot considering how lost we were during the start of the year. In today’s session, we had a presentation by Freedom Cups. A Singapore-based NGO that aims to make “menstruation more manageable.” Rebecca Paranjothy, a...
Events leading up to the Family Festival
We heard from the Service Department that the Parents Association (P.A.) was weary about allowing our group to set up a stall at the Family Festival, as we would be publicly displaying menstrual cups. We organised a meeting with the P.A. organiser of the family...
Why It’s So Hard to Ban the Menstrual Shed
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/05/13/721450261/why-its-so-hard-to-stop-women-from-sleeping-in-a-menstrual-shed G.E.P strongly believe that countries and communities that shun their girls and women to menstrual sheds when they are on their period can...
The BBC on the benefit of Menstrual Cups in Malawi
This clip from the BBC highlights how menstural cups are literally changing the lives of girls in rural Malawi. It provides a clear explanation of why cups are favourable to other menstural products and helps to dispel some of the myths and misconnection around...
The G.E.P Advocacy Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU4tqqRYo7E&t=2s On Human Rights Day 2018, Generation. Education. Period. (G.E.P) hosted a campaign asking people what they take for granted. The purpose behind this was to get people to appreciate the things in their lives...
Discussion with Kolkata GC
At our last meeting (13th Nov 2018) some representatives from Kolkata GC came to talk to us about what they do and how it relates to GEP's area of focus. Kolkata GC is partnered with an NGO in India called Voice of World. Voice of World aims to empower individuals -...
G.E.P Make Alumni Connections And Learn A Lot!
Pranav Mohan is an alumni from UWCSEA East who is now studying at Oklahoma University in the United States. Mr Louis Barnett, a science teacher, has kept in contact with Pranav and passed Pranav’s contact details to our G.E.P teacher coordinator Ms Wilson, as Pranav...
Walking The Walk
Generation. Education. Period (G.E.P) have spent the past 2 seasons considering a variety of options in terms of future directions. Although this has at time been a frustrating process, it has ultimately been very worthwhile as it has allowed us to reflect on why we...