#sambalpodcasts: Period Poverty- A Silent Struggle (ft. Annsley, Founder of Projek Gadis Mekar)

29/06/2023 30 min

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Episode Synopsis

Is period poverty a worrying issue at Malaysia? Are distributing free pads enough? How did a 24 year old medical student got into finding her own NGO after just reading about this years ago?

Tune in as we speak with Annsley Dashawna Stephen, Founder of Pertubuhan Projek Gadis Mekar Malaysia as we speak about period poverty struggles locally, pads or tampons and even about period pain simulators.

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Music Credit:
Intro, Interlude and Outro
Portrait by Joe Layne-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG_3GyfKv