Bringing Dignity into the office...
NB: This blog refers to menstruating cis-women but we want to acknowledge that not all women menstruate and this blog does not intend to exclude any gender or population to this conversation. I wor...
Dignity Turns 2In mid-November 2018, Dignity NZ celebrated our second birthday. We wanted to share some of our successes from the year, as well as give some insight into what we plan for the coming...
The Global Movement for free sanitary items in schools
Periods are expensive. Period products cost on average $15,000 over a woman's lifetime. This cost has been the cause of period poverty found in schools across the world. These include not just thir...
Being an Ethical Company: The steps Dignity has taken to look after it’s people and the planet
Why we chose to operate with people and planet in mindWe are proud to operate as an ethical business and have made several steps during our journey to achieve this including being a Living Wage acc...
Dignity is an Impact Awards semi-finalist!
Dignity co-founder Jacinta has been named a semi-finalist in the Enterprise category in the brand new Impact Awards run by the Inspiring Stories team.The Enterprise category is about “Recognising l...
Positive Periods: The launch of a campaign for free sanitary items in New Zealand
In 2016 news reports came out about girls missing out on school due to their periods. Since then there has been a range of private and charitable initiatives attempt to assist with eradicating peri...
There is no silver bullet to period poverty, but there can be dignity and choice
Tampons, pads, menstrual cups, period underwear, reusable pads. The choices for period products is vast and the innovations in the market are exciting. From organic to reusable there are options th...
Wellington Gold Award Finalist - Dignity is a Finalist in Emerging Gold (Service) Category
We are so proud to be one of the Finalists in the Wellington Gold Awards for 2019.Dignity is nominated as a Finalist for the Emerging Gold - Service category. This category is for small businesses ...
Dignity expands to help all Young Parent Colleges in New Zealand
We are so proud to announce that Dignity has now grown to support all 25 Young Parent Colleges nationwide. This is another step in the right direction to ensure all women around New Zealand have ac...
New Zealand's first Period Marketplace 📸
What a way to end a week in Auckland with a visit to the period market place organised by The Period Place 💕It's amazing to see so many people being educated about periods and different options ava...
Dignity is an accredited social enterprise with Ākina
Dignity is an accredited social enterprise with Ākina Late 2018, the Dignity team went through a rigorous process to become a certified social enterprise with the Ākina foundation. This involved...
The Dignity initiative in 2019 consists of ten corporate partners supporting their female employees to have access to sanitary items. Through the buy one give one model this helps to support over 5...
