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Vancouver's LunaPads Breaks Period Taboos, Seeks Oprah's Attention

John F. Gray | Posted 03.17.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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John F. Gray

With Oprah Winfrey speaking in Vancouver on Jan. 24, B.C.-based Lunapads is donating 400 reusable menstrual products to girls in Africa. Using the #Pads4Oprah hashtag, they hope to get Oprah's attention about how providing feminine hygiene products help keep African girls in school.

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Empowering Girls Globally From YVR

Tracy Bains | Posted 12.05.2012 | Canada British Columbia
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Tracy Bains

The first step was to draft my friends to the cause and open the Girl Effect YVR, a local chapter of volunteers. Following close to a year of meetings in my living room and coffee houses around town, we're about to host The Girl Effect: Empowering Girls Globally, a free public dialogue on Wednesday, Oct. 10 at the Vancouver Public Library.

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