The kids are alright 5.4.19Today I spent the day going around three Dignity schools in Porirua.For the past two years we've been supporting schools to have free access to pads and tampons for their...
Thanks to the awesome team at B-Side Stories for talking to us about the Dignity initiative and about reducing the stigma of periods ✊Hear us talk about how schools get involved with Dignity, how t...
DIGNITY IS TWO! We’re a little late on the update, but we wanted to write to everyone to say: we’re thrilled, excited for the future, proud and so thoroughly thankful for everyone who has helped us...
In October 2018, Jacinta spoke at the Sustainable Business Network’s HOMEGROWN Conference in Auckland. She shared Dignity’s origin story and some of our successes to date. We’re immensely proud to ...
Before I begin, I want to take a second to acknowledge that throughout my journey of using cups, I have always had the luxury of choice. I have tried every standard sanitary item option and the key...
The family of Period Poverty initiatives: How to Donate and Get Involved
The issue of period poverty is super wicked – that is, it’s really complex, involves a lot of different parts of society and is home to deeply held and varied views. To solve such a massive issue t...
Dignity is about choice: introducing subsidised OI cups
Dignity is about providing choice and options to people and allowing them to make the best decision for them.Building the MachineSince the inception of Dignity, we’ve wanted to incorporate choice i...
Why we focus on period poverty.
Recently we’ve been wondering whether it is necessary to focus on period poverty when the larger systemic issue of poverty is the real crux of the problem. The thing is period poverty is a byproduc...
Countdown is showing business can take the lead on social issues
Miranda Hitchings and Jacinta Gulasekharam18:58, Jul 24 2018OPINION: We all know the cost of periods can be ridiculous.For example, buying one box of 16 tampons at $4 and one box of 12 pads at $5.5...
A chat with Dignity co-founders: Why we do it and where we started
- When did Dignity first start?At the end of 2016 we started working on the business and in May 2017 we started trading. - How has the first 12 months gone?Great! We've expanded ...
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Talks With Innovators, Creatives & Enterprisers [TWICE]: Options For Women
Dignity co-founder Jacinta had a good yarn with Rebecca Stewart (and show producer David Binstead) on the latest episode #80 of ‘Talks with innovators, creatives & enterprisers | twice’. On wha...
How to hire your first employee in New Zealand: Tools and Tips
So you’ve grown your business enough to have too much work to handle or not quite the right skills in your team, it’s time to hire. Here’s a list of our learnings of how to best hire your first emp...
