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DENIED: Dignity Behind Bars | Nabintou Doumbia | TEDxWayneStateU

1,459 views · Published 26 January 2017 · 13:02 · Indexed 20 September 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2017 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Nabintou Doumbia shines light on the dissonance between human rights in society and American prisons with respect to female hygiene products and power.

A sophomore undergraduate student in the Irvin D. Reid Honors College at Wayne State University, Nabintou is a proud Detroiter, Ivorian-American, feminist, and local community organizer. She studies Sociology to understand human interactive systems and privilege. Her curiosity in the lack of feminine hygiene products provided to women in correctional facilities sparked from exposure to and learning about issues such as the school-to-prison-pipeline and prison industrial complex. Both resulted in her extensive interest in and plans to study and eventually practice Juvenile Law (along with other areas).


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