Homepage
- Mimi Women
Breaking Taboos to empower women
MIMI Women is South Africa’s first black female-owned sanitary pads company founded and headed by Ramona Kasavan since 2014. From inception, the goal has always been to empower girls and women in some of South Africa’s poorest areas.
The social enterprise has committed itself to keeping girl children in school whether they are on their periods or not, by donating sanitary pads to disadvantaged communities.
About Mimi
We empower girls to be themselves without shame. We are a social enterprise that designs and distributes quality sanitary pads, helping girls to stay in school and get more from their education.
We also have a non-profit company that handles donations, and a sales model that allows women to become agents selling the Mimi sanitary packs directly to their communities.
Since 2020, we have been creating care packages that include toiletries and sanitary pads. The aim is to create dignity with hygiene while having uncomfortable conversations about periods, puberty and education.
Our Mission
It is our mission to enable every girl coming of age and young women in need to be afforded the basic provision of sanitary pads, thus keeping them in school or university, affording them to academically excel.
Start Donating Now
From as little as R90, you can help restore a young woman’s dignity and keep a girl child in school with a 6 months’ supply of sanitary pads.
Join us today and lets end period poverty.
Why Choose Us?
Over 5 Million pads distributed to women and girls in Africa.
Throughout our journey, we have faced and overcome many challenges, and shown how women can shake the world!
Over 65 JSE listed Companies
Have partnered with Mimi Women in order to fulfil our mission to empower women and girls in Africa.
100,000+
Girls kept in school in more than 5 Sub-Saharan African countries.
We’ve been behind South Africa’s Girl Bosses since October 2014, giving them the gift of confidence and comfort.
Throughout sub-Saharan Africa, more than 1 in 10 girls miss up to 20% of the school year because of their periods.
In South Africa, that means more than 200,000 girls are missing school time.
Our Activity
What We Do
5 195 696 Pads Distributed
Since inception we have kept 100 000+ girls in school.
100 000+
Girls kept in school.
Keep a girl in school for 6 months
Donations will be delivered to homeless shelters, crisis centres and our existing distribution networks.
Keep a girl in school for 12 months
Donations will be delivered to homeless shelters, crisis centres and our existing distribution networks.
Keep a girl in school for 18 months
Donations will be delivered to homeless shelters, crisis centres and our existing distribution networks.
Sanitary Pads
Mimi pads are designed with the woman’s form in mind. Not only are they incredibly comfortable, but they also provide great protection, giving you the confidence you need to celebrate who you are
- Fit Perfectly and stay in place.
- Are Cotton Soft feeling for ultimate comfort.
- Have carefully designed side channels to prevent leakage.
- A trusted core for high absorbtion and ultimate protection.
- And a Core that locks in liquid and odours for comfort and discretion.
Vending Machine
Our vending machine has come as another pillar of Mimi women; extensive research has been done on the daily frustrations women face regarding menstruation. One of the problems is that women cannot simply buy a single pad without having to buy a whole packet, further to that you cannot just buy one in a bathroom if it’s an emergency
- Our vending machines are compact and use minimal space
- They can be put in bathrooms or public areas.
- Each pad is sold at R2
- Each purchase contributes to a young girls life
Pads & Cents entreprise development
Pads and Cents is set to cultivate the mindset of independence while creating opportunties for young women to empower themselves. The programme creates entrepreneurs and change makers, rather than simply employees or frustrated jobseekers.