Well done to the KwaZulu-Natal Dept Of Education. KZN has launched a programme for the provisioning of sanitary pads to impoverished Grade 4 -12 girls in selected schools that are disadvantaged. This initiative seeks to reduce the drop-out rate of girl learners caused...
this 30 min episode of Al Jazeera’s show “The Stream” was all about menstruation. Busting the myths and misconceptions affecting nearly half the world’s population, the episode featured: Sabrina Rubli @sabrinarubli Chief Executive Officer, Femme...
In Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world, a single sanitary pad costs roughly a day’s pay. As such, many young women who can’t afford feminine hygiene products turn to makeshift alternatives including rags, banana fibers, mattress foam and toilet paper...
How an Indian Innovator Reverse-Engineered the Making of Sanitary Pads In India’s traditional society, where women are still fighting for the right to enter places of worship while on their period, the topic of menstruation is especially taboo. This is the personal...
A 15-year-old girl has died in Nepal’s western Achram district after she was banished to a shed because she was menstruating, under an ancient Hindu practice that has been banned for more than a decade, police said. Some Hindus view menstruating women as impure...
Just a decade ago, there was little discussion of the challenges girls in sub-Saharan Africa faced with their periods. In recent years, a groundswell of attention by non-profits, development organisations and governments means there is a growing consensus: girls...
