November 2022

Join us on November 29th for #GivingTuesday! Your contribution will promote literacy and menstural health education for the girls of Burkina Faso, West Africa.

Dear volunteers and pro-bono organizations, past and present, We at Girl Now Woman Later Inc are thankful and grateful for the assistance, expertise, and mentorships we have received from you this year. The GNWL team cannot thank you enough for the help that you all have provided to our organization and its cause. It is

As part of our commitment to educating young girls in Burkina Faso on menstruation and reproductive rights, Girl Now Woman Later believes that sharing information from other associations with similar goals can further empower these girls. Our team strives to bring as much menstrual educational information to light as we can in order to provide

Il y a quelques semaines, Girl Now, Woman Later a célébré le 10e anniversaire de la Journée internationale de la fille. Ici, à GNWL, nous pensons que toutes les filles devraient avoir les ressources nécessaires pour s’autonomiser. En particulier au Burkina Faso, l’un des pays les plus pauvres du monde et où nous travaillons principalement,

“Marrying off daughters means fewer mouths to feed,” written in a Reuters article, and the reason for forced marriages to be common practice in Burkina Faso. Home to at least 3 million child brides, Burkina Faso has reported over 650 cases of forced marriage and 2,200 child marriages between 2019 and 2021, and these are

“Marier ses filles signifie moins de bouches à nourrir”, écrit un article de Reuters, et la raison pour laquelle les mariages forcés sont une pratique courante au Burkina Faso. Abritant au moins 3 millions d’enfants mariés, le Burkina Faso a signalé plus de 650 cas de mariage forcé et 2 200 mariages d’enfants entre 2019

Most of us rarely think about the toilet. It’s just there, and frankly, it can gross us out to think about it. But what our inner hypochondriacs may not realize is just how much we take the toilet for granted.   We might think of the toilet as a ubiquitous thing. There’s a toilet in

In Burkina Faso, many young girls experience their menstruation cycle as a moment of shame, and even worse, as a reason for dropping out of school. Although menstruation is a natural and biological process, it is often stigmatized. Menstruation is a topic approached with hesitation due to deeply rooted cultural taboos. One of Girl Now

In our last post, we discussed how one of Girl Now Woman Later’s goals is to help young girls in Burkina Faso manage their menstrual hygiene. In order to accomplish this, we must address the issue of period poverty, which refers to the inability to afford sanitary products that deal with menstrual bleeding. Without the

En plus d’un manque de produits sanitaires, un autre dilemme est qu’il n’y a souvent pas assez d’installations appropriées pour se débarrasser des produits féminins. Une autre question est l’abordabilité des produits féminins. Il y a quelques organisations qui essaient de rendre ces produits plus abordables et accessibles. Uganda Le manque d’infrastructures adéquates pour l’élimination