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| Ms. Anike-ade Funke Treasure |
PRESS RELEASE
Funke Treasure Launches 'My Period Stories' Podcast Series
Award-wining broadcast journalist and
one-time General Manager of Radio One 103.5FM, owned by Federal Radio
Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), Anike-ade Funke Treasure is today, July 27,
launching a podcast series entitled "My Period Stories".
Announcing the launch of the podcast series
in a press statement, Funke Treasure said they would be conversations and
stories about menstruation, and would form part of her Sanitary Pad Media
Campaign (SPMC).
According to her, the podcasts would touch
on diverse issues, policies, and perspectives about menstruation from peoples
across the world.
Said she: "It would feature stories of everyday people – girls, women, men, governments, NGOs, international bodies, and communities around the globe.
"The editions would capture authentic
stories of pains and gains in the advocacy to get free sanitary pads into the
hands of every girl in Nigeria and elsewhere in the world.
"The series use a variety of formats
in storytelling ranging from interviews, discussions, reports, testimonies and
more to tell stories about issues, policies and activities regarding menstrual
periods."
She said "My Period Stories"
podcasts are meant to "normalise the conversation about periods, girls,
and free pads in Nigeria; to widen the scope of discourse about periods, to
bring about policy actions from the government; to create better understanding
and buy-in from all, in the call for the tackling of period poverty; and to
mainstream the conversation about sustainable alternatives to disposable pads."
“The podcast is an integral part of our
media campaign about period poverty, menstrual health, and hygiene. We aim to
normalise the conversation about periods in the public space so that everyone
can talk comfortably about periods,” said Anike-ade Funke Treasure, who is the
convener of SPMC.
According to her, “Period poverty isn’t
just about money, it’s also about the shame and taboo that shrouds
menstruation. These often lead to people feeling too uncomfortable to reach out
for help when they experience difficulties. For this to happen, we need to hold
period-centered conversations in public spaces.”
She explained that SPMC's vision is to join
forces with individuals and organisations across the world "working to
eradicate period poverty, one girl at a time, one underserved community at a
time, and one public school at a time”.
In pursuant of this vision, she noted that
SPMC joined in the distribution of menstrual hygiene items along with others by
instituting a scholarship scheme for school aged girls which now has 425 girls
in four states of the federation namely Lagos, Oyo, Kwara, Kaduna and Benue
States.
The scholarship provides menstrual items
like pads, pants, beverage, soap and sanitisers to the girls monthly, as an
incentive to remain in school, she added.
Said she: "Recently we had a donation
of 10,000 units of re-usable sanitary pads from Diatom Impact, this has given
impetus to our outreaches and partnerships with organisations actively working
in the health, education and development sectors."
To listen to the first episode of My Period
Stories podcast, click this link:
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