Programs and Initiatives
’Accelerate 4.0 Youth Advocacy program’’ - These programs are currently being rolled out in Kenya and South Sudan
‘’AcceleratHer Periods - Fuelling Leadership via Wellbeing" program’’
Traditional leadership models often overlook the critical aspect of female well-being. Our "AcceleratHer Periods—Fuelling Leadership via Wellbeing" program directly addresses this gap. It equips women with essential skills, provides education on menstrual cycle management, and creates platforms to reduce the stigma surrounding menstrual health. Crucially, the program also includes men to foster better support for women in both the workplace and leadership roles.
10 000 Steps to Close the loop in Period Poverty
March 2024
January 2024
Announcement of the Winners for WFNs Period Art competition
The Great Red
International Day of the Girl
• The physical, psychological and political aspects of menstruation.
• The impact of period poverty on a girl's participation in education and a woman's role in income generation is poorly understood.
• Secrecy and Shame associated with Menstruation by reviewing the barriers across the AALAC region. Part of the conversation will include
looking at the problematic opinions on menstruation shared on social media.
• Discussion on the way forward to deal head-on with some of the stigma and embarrassment attached to menstrual health.
• MH at the intersection of GBV (Gender-based Violence).
• We are exploring the link between Generational Poverty and Period Poverty.
• Transactional Sex - resorting to transactional sex to pay for Sanitary and hygiene products.
• Degendering Menstruation
• Poverty, Gender inequality as some of the contributors to Human Trafficking
• Comparatives between MHM in a high and low-income country.
• Menstrual health and Mental health
• Early Child marriage
• The impact of period poverty on a girl's participation in education and a woman's role in income generation is poorly understood.
• Secrecy and Shame associated with Menstruation by reviewing the barriers across the AALAC region. Part of the conversation will include
looking at the problematic opinions on menstruation shared on social media.
• Discussion on the way forward to deal head-on with some of the stigma and embarrassment attached to menstrual health.
• MH at the intersection of GBV (Gender-based Violence).
• We are exploring the link between Generational Poverty and Period Poverty.
• Transactional Sex - resorting to transactional sex to pay for Sanitary and hygiene products.
• Degendering Menstruation
• Poverty, Gender inequality as some of the contributors to Human Trafficking
• Comparatives between MHM in a high and low-income country.
• Menstrual health and Mental health
• Early Child marriage
The stigmas surrounding Social Ills, Period and Menopausal health and Male Mental Health issues can only be reduced by regular conversations and engagement at grass root level. WFN takes a holistic approach towards normalization of these channels, hence our efforts include advocacy, research, consultation and education. The education piece is a big one for us, hence learning modules have been designed and developed to effect learning via the creative space such as period drama, art, interviews, story sharing, poetry, fashion, and short stories.
MD - Valerie Naidoo was recently interviewed by Talkshow host Ekta Wadhwa from Canada to discuss period and menopausal health.
Celebrating International Women's Day (IWD) 2024
February 2024
Girl child Ambassador Tashmira Azaria Inder driving and encouraging participation in the WFN period art competition
WFNs Brand Ambassador, Madiha Reshamwala rolled out an education piece in Menstrual health care to the girl child in Bhopal, India
• To put Menstrual health on the Global Agenda by 2025
• To end period poverty globally by 2030
• To end period poverty globally by 2030
Event on Menstrual Health and the different dimensions
Dates: 8th and 15th October 2022
Platform - Virtual
World's 1st Annual Menstrual Health Dialogue - Changing the narrative in Africa, Latin America, Asia & the Caribbean (ALAAC).
Objective
Dates: 8th and 15th October 2022
Platform - Virtual
World's 1st Annual Menstrual Health Dialogue - Changing the narrative in Africa, Latin America, Asia & the Caribbean (ALAAC).
Objective
Aim
Key Topics of discussion
Key Topics of discussion
MH Day - 28th of May
Progress update on WFN - Period AcceleratHer program!
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We are looking to attract speakers to participate pro-bono from the following countries:
Africa 🌍
Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Rep, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Cameroon, Zambia, Angola, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Algeria, Botswana, Gabon, Namibia, South Africa.
Asia 🌏
Afghanistan, North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea), Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Nepal, China, Malaysia, Maldives, Thailand, Turkey.
Latin America and the Caribbean 🌏
Bolivia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Jamaica, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Trinidad & Tobago, Mexico, Peru.
Europe and Central Asia🌏
Ukraine, Moldova, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Montenegro, Romania, Russia, Serbia.
Africa 🌍
Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Rep, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Cameroon, Zambia, Angola, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Algeria, Botswana, Gabon, Namibia, South Africa.
Asia 🌏
Afghanistan, North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea), Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Nepal, China, Malaysia, Maldives, Thailand, Turkey.
Latin America and the Caribbean 🌏
Bolivia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Jamaica, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Trinidad & Tobago, Mexico, Peru.
Europe and Central Asia🌏
Ukraine, Moldova, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Montenegro, Romania, Russia, Serbia.
21 Suits Wellness Summit - Decoding beyond 40 series
The Bridge Between Ageism and Personal Power: A Wellness Summit for the 40+ Generation
This concept note outlines an online wellness summit specifically designed for individuals aged 40 and above from Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). The summit will address the unique challenges and opportunities of aging, bridging the gap between societal ageism and the reclamation of personal power. While resources for wellness and aging are abundant in High-Income Countries (HICs), a significant void exists for those in LMICs, where cultural, economic, and healthcare realities are vastly different.
Background
Aging is a universal experience, but its narrative is often shaped by privilege. In many LMICs, discussions around age-related health changes, such as perimenopause, menopause, and andropause, are taboo or non-existent. This lack of conversation, combined with pervasive ageism and beauty bias, can lead to a sense of powerlessness, loneliness, and a decline in overall well-being. The summit aims to dismantle these barriers by providing a safe, accessible, and informative online space where individuals can share experiences, access expert knowledge, and build a supportive community.
Objectives
This concept note outlines an online wellness summit specifically designed for individuals aged 40 and above from Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). The summit will address the unique challenges and opportunities of aging, bridging the gap between societal ageism and the reclamation of personal power. While resources for wellness and aging are abundant in High-Income Countries (HICs), a significant void exists for those in LMICs, where cultural, economic, and healthcare realities are vastly different.
Background
Aging is a universal experience, but its narrative is often shaped by privilege. In many LMICs, discussions around age-related health changes, such as perimenopause, menopause, and andropause, are taboo or non-existent. This lack of conversation, combined with pervasive ageism and beauty bias, can lead to a sense of powerlessness, loneliness, and a decline in overall well-being. The summit aims to dismantle these barriers by providing a safe, accessible, and informative online space where individuals can share experiences, access expert knowledge, and build a supportive community.
Objectives
• Foster Conversation and Community: Create a platform for open and honest dialogue about aging, allowing participants to
share their stories and build a strong network of support with their peers.
• Share Knowledge and Experience: Provide practical, culturally relevant information on the physical and psychological
aspects of perimenopause, menopause, and andropause, including symptoms, management strategies, and wellness
practices.
• Explain Innovations: Introduce new, accessible, and affordable innovations in wellness that are relevant to LMIC contexts.
This includes leveraging traditional and local remedies, digital health tools, and low-cost lifestyle interventions.
• Reclaim Personal Power: Empower individuals to challenge ageism and beauty bias by reframing aging as a journey of
growth, wisdom, and personal liberation.
share their stories and build a strong network of support with their peers.
• Share Knowledge and Experience: Provide practical, culturally relevant information on the physical and psychological
aspects of perimenopause, menopause, and andropause, including symptoms, management strategies, and wellness
practices.
• Explain Innovations: Introduce new, accessible, and affordable innovations in wellness that are relevant to LMIC contexts.
This includes leveraging traditional and local remedies, digital health tools, and low-cost lifestyle interventions.
• Reclaim Personal Power: Empower individuals to challenge ageism and beauty bias by reframing aging as a journey of
growth, wisdom, and personal liberation.
Target Audience
Our primary target audience is individuals aged 40 and over residing in LMICs. We will also appeal to healthcare and wellness professionals, educators, researchers, policymakers, and family members who seek to better understand and support the older generation.
Themes
The summit's sessions will be structured around the following key themes, all with a specific focus on the LMIC experience:
Our primary target audience is individuals aged 40 and over residing in LMICs. We will also appeal to healthcare and wellness professionals, educators, researchers, policymakers, and family members who seek to better understand and support the older generation.
Themes
The summit's sessions will be structured around the following key themes, all with a specific focus on the LMIC experience:
• Perimenopause and Menopause: Demystifying these transitions with practical advice on symptom management, hormonal
changes, and mental health.
• Andropause: Providing a parallel and crucial conversation for men, addressing the less-discussed topic of age-related
hormonal changes and their impact on physical and mental health.
• Wellness and Age: Moving beyond a focus on youth to embrace health and vitality at every stage of life. This includes
sessions on nutrition, physical activity, and mental well-being tailored for LMICs.
• Beauty Bias and Ageism: Confronting the cultural and societal pressures that diminish the value of older individuals. We
will explore how to build self-confidence and embrace one's appearance and identity as one ages.
changes, and mental health.
• Andropause: Providing a parallel and crucial conversation for men, addressing the less-discussed topic of age-related
hormonal changes and their impact on physical and mental health.
• Wellness and Age: Moving beyond a focus on youth to embrace health and vitality at every stage of life. This includes
sessions on nutrition, physical activity, and mental well-being tailored for LMICs.
• Beauty Bias and Ageism: Confronting the cultural and societal pressures that diminish the value of older individuals. We
will explore how to build self-confidence and embrace one's appearance and identity as one ages.
Expected Outcomes
• Increased Knowledge: Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the physiological and psychological changes of
aging, and how to proactively manage them.
• Strengthened Networks: The online format will facilitate the creation of a powerful, cross-border community, connecting
individuals who share similar experiences and challenges.
• Shifted Mindsets: The summit will challenge existing prejudices and stereotypes, helping individuals and society as a whole
to view aging not as a decline, but as a period of renewed purpose and wellness.
• Attraction of Speakers: By focusing on the unique context of LMICs, the concept note will successfully attract a diverse
range of speakers—including doctors, wellness coaches, community leaders, and individuals with lived experience—who
can offer authentic, relevant, and impactful insights. We are particularly keen to hear from those working with limited
resources and cultural sensitivities.
aging, and how to proactively manage them.
• Strengthened Networks: The online format will facilitate the creation of a powerful, cross-border community, connecting
individuals who share similar experiences and challenges.
• Shifted Mindsets: The summit will challenge existing prejudices and stereotypes, helping individuals and society as a whole
to view aging not as a decline, but as a period of renewed purpose and wellness.
• Attraction of Speakers: By focusing on the unique context of LMICs, the concept note will successfully attract a diverse
range of speakers—including doctors, wellness coaches, community leaders, and individuals with lived experience—who
can offer authentic, relevant, and impactful insights. We are particularly keen to hear from those working with limited
resources and cultural sensitivities.
Valerie W. Naidoo is the curator and project lead of Sons and Daughters of the Future – Building Beyond the Timeline. A global visionary and generational change-maker, she has spent her career at the intersection of leadership, human potential, and transformational impact. Across the UK, Dubai, India and South Africa, Valerie has championed a simple truth: legacy is not what we leave behind—it is what we live, shape, and embody every day.
A high-impact wellness executive at WFN, Valerie blends academic excellence with wide-ranging global experience. She holds an MBA, an honorary doctorate, and is currently pursuing her academic doctorate. Her leadership journey spans senior roles in Business Analytics, HR, Project Management, Coaching and Global Wellness Strategy—each informing her distinctive, purpose-led approach.
As a multi-bestselling author and respected Business and Career Coach, Valerie has mentored more than 1,000 women, girls and young people. Through Project Accelerate Humanity, The Great Red Movement and the 21 Suits – Over 40s Global Tribe, she continues to build bold frameworks for transformation and intergenerational empowerment.
A high-impact wellness executive at WFN, Valerie blends academic excellence with wide-ranging global experience. She holds an MBA, an honorary doctorate, and is currently pursuing her academic doctorate. Her leadership journey spans senior roles in Business Analytics, HR, Project Management, Coaching and Global Wellness Strategy—each informing her distinctive, purpose-led approach.
As a multi-bestselling author and respected Business and Career Coach, Valerie has mentored more than 1,000 women, girls and young people. Through Project Accelerate Humanity, The Great Red Movement and the 21 Suits – Over 40s Global Tribe, she continues to build bold frameworks for transformation and intergenerational empowerment.
Sons and Daughters of the Future – Building Beyond the Timeline
Your Global Guide to Building a Legacy with Purpose, Developing the Resilience to Redefine, and Activating the Courage to Move Forward
Valerie W. Naidoo
Author
Sons and Daughters of the Future - Building Beyond the Timeline
The World Paused — Valerie Did Not
When the world stood still, Valerie understood the pause not as an interruption but as an initiation. In the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic—when countless lives were being reshaped and people everywhere were learning to navigate the new normal—she chose action over hesitation. This book emerged from that global turning point: a call to step into personal authority, choose meaning over noise, and embrace courageous, visible, intentional reinvention.
This anthology is her impact button—an invitation to activate purpose with intention, fortify resilience, and boldly step into courage.
When the world stood still, Valerie understood the pause not as an interruption but as an initiation. In the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic—when countless lives were being reshaped and people everywhere were learning to navigate the new normal—she chose action over hesitation. This book emerged from that global turning point: a call to step into personal authority, choose meaning over noise, and embrace courageous, visible, intentional reinvention.
This anthology is her impact button—an invitation to activate purpose with intention, fortify resilience, and boldly step into courage.
The Heart of the Book
Curated with precision and heart, Sons and Daughters of the Future presents the transformative journeys of more than 30 leaders from 15 countries. Many contributors found themselves rebuilding in the wake of Covid-19, redefining identity, work, wellbeing and leadership in a world forever changed. Valerie selected each contributor for their courage to pivot, their commitment to reinvention, and their devotion to meaningful, grounded work in an age of relentless distraction.
By weaving her philosophy of purpose-led living with the lived wisdom of global leaders, she has created a work that is both personal and practical—a guide for readers ready to rise beyond limitation and build with intention.
At the centre of her message lies a truth she embodies:
“The cost of waiting on a dream is greater than the risk of starting.”
— Valerie W. Naidoo
These stories reveal how vulnerability becomes power, how conviction builds community, and how private decisions can spark profound public transformation.
Curated with precision and heart, Sons and Daughters of the Future presents the transformative journeys of more than 30 leaders from 15 countries. Many contributors found themselves rebuilding in the wake of Covid-19, redefining identity, work, wellbeing and leadership in a world forever changed. Valerie selected each contributor for their courage to pivot, their commitment to reinvention, and their devotion to meaningful, grounded work in an age of relentless distraction.
By weaving her philosophy of purpose-led living with the lived wisdom of global leaders, she has created a work that is both personal and practical—a guide for readers ready to rise beyond limitation and build with intention.
At the centre of her message lies a truth she embodies:
“The cost of waiting on a dream is greater than the risk of starting.”
— Valerie W. Naidoo
These stories reveal how vulnerability becomes power, how conviction builds community, and how private decisions can spark profound public transformation.
Future Impact
Through Valerie’s vision, this book becomes far more than a collection of stories—it becomes a movement in action, demonstrating that reinvention and renewal are possible at any age and in any circumstance. It captures how people rebuilt their lives in a post-pandemic world, reimagining purpose, identity and influence.
By embracing this mindset, readers join a global shift in how purpose is lived. No longer building in isolation, they become part of a self-sustaining generational force—one that inspires through alignment, action and authenticity.
This is how Valerie leads.
This is how the co-authors live and lead.
And this is the movement you are invited to join.
Through Valerie’s vision, this book becomes far more than a collection of stories—it becomes a movement in action, demonstrating that reinvention and renewal are possible at any age and in any circumstance. It captures how people rebuilt their lives in a post-pandemic world, reimagining purpose, identity and influence.
By embracing this mindset, readers join a global shift in how purpose is lived. No longer building in isolation, they become part of a self-sustaining generational force—one that inspires through alignment, action and authenticity.
This is how Valerie leads.
This is how the co-authors live and lead.
And this is the movement you are invited to join.
Meet our Co-Authors
Sons and Daughters of the Future
Part memoir. Part movement. Part manifesto for purposeful living.
This book offers powerful lessons for entrepreneurs, educators, creatives, corporate leaders, and anyone committed to leading with clarity, courage and heart. It is a reminder that legacy is not distant—it is daily. Not abstract—but lived.
Part memoir. Part movement. Part manifesto for purposeful living.
This book offers powerful lessons for entrepreneurs, educators, creatives, corporate leaders, and anyone committed to leading with clarity, courage and heart. It is a reminder that legacy is not distant—it is daily. Not abstract—but lived.
Discover how to:
• Embrace challenges and transform self-knowledge into visible influence
• Prioritise deep, meaningful work over distraction and noise
• Shape your community, your education and your business with intentionality
• Build a future rooted in purpose, courage and active leadership
• Embrace challenges and transform self-knowledge into visible influence
• Prioritise deep, meaningful work over distraction and noise
• Shape your community, your education and your business with intentionality
• Build a future rooted in purpose, courage and active leadership
Forge Your future. Live Your Legacy. Join the movement.
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