Photo Credit: Christijn Groeneveld
As this PwC Netherlands article highlights, while Neighborhood Feminists’ work improving access to needed period products is about individual dignity, it’s also about boosting productivity and ensuring valuable opportunities aren’t missed in education or the workplace.
Our work might be perceived by some as charity, but we frame what we do as solidarity, with a clear view toward sustainable and scalable solutions, which include research, knowledge-sharing, awareness-building and policy change. It comes down to concrete forms of social sustainability.
Whether as a business or nonprofit, solidarity includes asking yourself:
- What kind of city (or country) do we wish to live in?
- What overarching social issues (or SDGs) most concern us as an organization?
- Which ongoing challenges are most pressing and correspond to our background and/or values?
After drilling down to the answers to these questions, solidarity is about action that is strategic and systematic. Optimally, it involves collaborating with an aligned, experienced partner to further amplify the impact being made.
Our board met with a stellar ‘PwC Women NL’ team over a period of months in late 2024, to help future-proof our next steps tackling period poverty as an organization. We would like to very warmly thank PwC Netherlands, with very special thanks to Wendy van Tol and the team who supported Neighborhood Feminists, including the wonderful Pauline Mbundu, Femke de Ruiter, Judith de Haan, Emilie van Rappard and Noah Leenders. We are grateful for their collective expertise and generosity in helping us fine-tune our goals and funding strategy into an executable road map.
Sustainable social impact doesn’t happen in isolation. Interested in becoming part of the Neighborhood, too? Drop us a message or for more information, check this out.
