2018:07.20 - Celeste Mergens, Days for Girls
Join us for a conversation with Celeste Mergens a…
The New School at Commonweal · The New School at Commonweal
September 5, 20181h 38m
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Show Notes
Join us for a conversation with Celeste Mergens and host, Michael Lerner.
Celeste Mergens, Founder & CEO, Days for Girls
Celeste founded Days for Girls after a trip to Kenya in 2008, when she learned that girls in an orphanage were facing huge challenges each month because they lacked access to hygiene options. What first began as an effort to supply disposable pads quickly evolved into a more sustainable solution. Her engineering and sewing experience drove the Days for Girls Kit design, which went through 28 iterations all informed by extensive feedback from women and girls around the world.