Breaking Taboos to empower women

We are a social enterprise that designs and distributes quality sanitary pads, helping girls to stay in school and get more from their education.

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.

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 4 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 55 JSE listed Companies

Have partnered with Mimiwomen 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 2014, giving them the gift of confidence and comfort.
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Periods don't stop for pandemics!

Out of the 3 million people who have lost their jobs due to COVID-19, 2 million are women. Mimi Women continues to support and empower women during the pandemic by running a COVID-19 Campaign from August 2020 to January 2021.

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.

Our Activity

What We Do

We strive to work hard every day to address the high levels of absenteeism in schools. Brand the subsequent early exit of female learners from the formal education system

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

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

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.

Meet Our Founder

Founder, social entrepreneur, former media personality, advocate for women empowerment, award winner, motivational speaker and CEO… These are some of the descriptions that make up yours truly. Unpologetically woman,Ramona Kasavan was born and raised in KZN on a farm where basic life necessities like water and electricity were a struggle, she grew to understand that sanitary etiquette is a real problem in disadvantaged areas, it is on these grounds that Kisa Africa was founded in 2014, Which promotes girl-child education through the sponsorship of her own brand of sanitary pads, open to invite for motivational talks
Ramona Kasavan
Founder and Ceo of Mimiwomen
Contact us

+27 81 586 7349