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Sustainable Health Enterprises Founder Elizabeth Scharpf

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Partner:: IdeaFestival
Location:: The Kentucky Center
Louisville, KY
Event Date:: 09.24.11
Speaker:: Elizabeth Scharpf
Tags:: africa; menstruation; pads; women

Summary: Entrepreneur, designer, Harvard grad and founder of the global Sustainable Health Enterprises (SHE)…Elizabeth Scharpf developed a seemingly simple but significant design innovation involving banana leaves…that is profoundly improving the lives of young women around the world. Scharpf is the 2010 winner of the Curry Stone Design Prize.

Presented by the Curry Stone Design Prize.

Much more than a conference, the IdeaFestival is a catalyst for high-speed innovation, product development, and creative endeavors. This series of events attracts leading thinkers and curious minds from across the nation and around the globe.

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Elizabeth Scharpf

Elizabeth Scharpf is an entrepreneur, designer and founder of Sustainable Health Enterprises, which has a mission to improve the quality of life for people in developing countries. Scharpf is the 2010 Curry Stone Design Prize winner for her work in Rwanda that involves partnering with networks of women to make and sell sanitary pads made from banana leaves. She has spent time as a strategic management consultant at Cambridge Pharma Consultancy as well as stints at the Clinton Foundation and the World Bank in Asia and East Africa, respectively. Elizabeth has an MBA from Harvard Business School, an MPA in international development from Harvardâ€™s Kennedy School of Government, and a BA from the University of Notre Dame.

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01.: Introduction

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02.: Intro Video

02 min 38 sec

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03.: Background Story

03 min 16 sec

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04.: Motivating Numbers

02 min 14 sec

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05.: Starting a Social Enterprise

05 min 49 sec

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06.: Identifying the Obstacles

03 min 58 sec

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07.: Developing Solutions

08 min 06 sec

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08.: The Future of Social Health Enterprise

03 min 13 sec

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09.: Team Effort

02 min 37 sec

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10.: The Role of Men in She

04 min 24 sec

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11.: Dealing with Pad Disposal?

02 min 36 sec

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12.: Can the She Pads system be utilized in the U.S?

02 min 17 sec

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13.: Details on the Business Model?

03 min 01 sec

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14.: Long Term Vision?

02 min 24 sec

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15.: Advice for College Students interested in Social Enterprise?

03 min 28 sec

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16.: Fear of Obstructionist Maneuvers from Male Population?

01 min 49 sec

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17.: What Can Individuals Do To Help the Cause?

03 min 56 sec

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The she28 Campaign: Better Sanitary Protection. Period.

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Girls and women in developing countries can miss school and/or work (up to 50 days) because they don't have access to affordable sanitary pads. The goal of Sustainable Health Enterprises (she) is to increase access to affordable sanitary pads through sustainable businesses.
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menstruation: Periodic discharge from the vagina of blood, secretions, and shed mucous lining of the uterus (endometrium). The endometrium prepares to receive a fertilized egg by thickening and producing secretions. If the egg released by the ovary is not fertilized, the endometrium breaks down and is expelled by contractions of the uterus. The first menstruation (menarche) occurs after other changes of puberty, usually at 11–13 years of age, apparently triggered by the passing of a weight threshold. Bleeding may be irregular or heavy at first. In adult women, menstrual periods begin at an average interval of 28 days and last about five days; some variation among women and in the same woman is normal. Uterine contractions are felt as cramps. The amount of blood lost is usually less than 1.7 oz (50 ml). Menstruation ends with menopause. Menstrual disorders include dysmenorrhea (painful menstruation) and amenorrhea (no bleeding), heavy or light bleeding, and uterine bleeding. See also premenstrual syndrome.; menstruation on britannica.com