Dec 4, 2023
This week Ivy Slater, host of Her
Success Story, chats with her guest, Celeste Mergens. The
two return to this season’s nonprofit series, and talk about Days
for Girls, what they are doing to shatter the stigma and shame
around menstrual equity, and how they are offering dignity, health,
and opportunity around the globe.
In this episode, we discuss:
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What started the idea of Days for Girls International
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What they are doing to shatter the stigma of shame around menstrual equity, and how they are changing this global need
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Why it was so important to Celeste at the beginning to offer an open source invitation for any and all to help change lives
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Why and how they started with a scalable platform, clear roles, action steps, and the ability to embrace and empower a community of growth
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Where Celeste sees Days for Girls going in the next ten years
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How they are offering dignity, health, opportunity, and equity to girls around the globe
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What you’ll find in her new book, The Power of Days
Celeste Mergens is an author, thought leader,
and changemaker and has been featured in Oprah’s O Magazine,
Forbes, and Stanford Social Innovation Review. She is the Founder
of Days for Girls, a global award-winning organization championing
Women's Health and Menstrual Health Equity. Days for Girls
was named by the Huffington Post as a ‘Next Ten’ Organization
poised to change the world in the next decade and has reached more
than 3 million women and girls in 145 countries.
Typically averaging dozens of speaking events a year, Celeste is a
sought-after professional speaker and consultant. She was awarded
the AARP Purpose Prize, Conscious Company Global Impact
Entrepreneur Top Ten Women, 2019 Global Washington Global Hero, and
Women's Economic Forum's Woman of the Decade.
Website: https://celestemergens.com/
LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/celeste-mergens/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/celeste.mergens
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/celestemergens/