Sheba Feminine
Why you shouldn’t flush your sanitary products down the toilet
For Earth Day, we knew you’d be swarmed with posts and pictures.We decided to arrive fashionably late because let’s be honest, everyday should be Earth Day. Let’s talk specifically about plastic in pads and tampons. So, the plastic in a pad is mostly the back strip where the glue is placed as...
A Guide to managing your period during COVID-19
We’ve seen A LOT of Tweets by you guys speaking about how dreadful your periods have been during lockdown. Here are our tips to make your period at home more manageable during this time: Breathe and try not to stress. You may have noticed that your period may be irregular during this time. If...
What is the difference between ‘biodegradable & compostable’?
We produce between 150kg and 190kg of period product waste in our life. There is an easy fix to lessen your waste number.
What it means to be kind
“Hosted by the Mental Health Foundation, Mental Health Awareness Week takes place from 18-24 May 2020. The theme this year is kindness. Why kindness? One thing that we have seen all over the world is that kindness is prevailing in uncertain times.”
Why I don’t “celebrate” Women’s Day.
With August being observed as Women’s Month and August 09 as Women’s Day, we at Sheba often find ourselves at a cross roads. Firstly because as a community that celebrates and considers themselves inclusive, we find that the terminology surrounding women’s month is often exclusionary. In fact the understanding of womanhood is exclusionary. What is a woman? And secondly because there is very little to celebrate about being a woman in South Africa!
