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Manjit K. Gill MBE.

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Manjit K. Gill MBE, is Founder CEO of the phenomenal charity, Binti International which was the first period charity registered in the UK, India and now the US in 2014. Binti has a vision to create a world where all women have menstrual dignity. Manjit has amassed over 20 years of international business expertise and has been involved in 7 startups prior to Binti. It was her role as a volunteer mentor for a young lady in Kenya with the Cherie Blair Foundation that led her to start Binti when she found out that some women do not have access to menstrual products. Her mission has created a Global Period Revolution with many governments and countries creating change. Manjit is an award winning Founder. An MBE for her Queens Birthday Honours 2020 London Faith & Belief Community Award August 2020 Achievers Award Punjab Government Guru Nanak 550 Nov 2019 Points of Light award by the PM Theresa May London June 2019 The Global Good Awards One to watch 2018 Gandhi Samman award at House of Lords 2017 Charity Times Awards 2017- Highly commended Best New Charity 50 Most Impactful Social Innovators 2017/19 Mumbai Woman of the Year Asian Achievers Award 2016 in association with EY AWAA Social and Humanitarian award highly commended 2016 Inspirational Top Ten Sikh Women UK 2016 Manjit says her Sikh faith has led her to believe she can accomplish anything that she puts her mind to and that belief has led her to follow her passion and drive to keep going. She says that is when she found out some women do not have access to menstrual products it fuelled her fire to create change - because she knows that without a pad she would not have been able to have done anything in her life. For more information please go to bintiperiod.org Manjit is a Trustee with: Dmitry Leus Foundation Global Sikh Economic Forum A mentor with: Cherie Blair Foundation An Ambassador with: Women of the Future