“… I found that apart from the lack of education, what stopped girls from menstrual management was a limited access to sanitary pads.” — Manushi Chhillar Menstrual products such as sanitary pads and tissues should have been the least worry for every girl. Today it costs a fortune to own a sanitary pad, and some…
When we think about street-connected children and how we can impact their lives, most of us think about food and clothes. Whiles these items are a necessity, the teenage girl on the street needs one item included in all our gifts; a sanitary pad. Just like any other girl we know, street-connected girls have the…
“My plea is that don’t wait for a girl to become a woman to empower them. Empower a girl’s life by giving sanitary pads to them. With pads, we give them wings.” — Arunachalam Muruganantham At this time, there’s a girl somewhere having anxiety because she’s on her period but her lifestyle has stopped for…
The greater part of every girl’s life is spent dealing with her menstrual cycle however few get to practice menstrual health. Specially-abled ladies have a special case when we talk about menstruation. For them, they need extra assistance not only with a constant supply of sanitary pads but with how to detect their periods and…
“The use of sanitary pads and the dos and don’ts should be discussed with openness so as to make a hygienic and healthy life for the women.” — Manushi Chhillar Menstruation itself is an open truth. Who doesn’t know that most ladies are on their periods every day? The issue is with our education. If…
Most visually impaired girls have difficulty in managing their menstrual periods independently, their menstrual hygiene practices are not at the desired level and most of them need help in menstrual hygiene management. Some of these girls have been abandoned by families and their only support system are the people who constantly show them kindness. Whether…
Talks on menstruation are not normally broadcasted because of the assumptions associated with it. On our visit to Kodjonya Presby School in Odumase Krobo, girls had a hard expressing their concerns and questions about their periods. They have been made to believe that menstruating means to be dirty and thus the need to disassociate yourself…
There is no day that a girl is not menstruating in the world. This means that every day a group of girls get to be stigmatized or have no access to menstrual hygiene products such as sanitary pads and tissue paper. In Ghana, just as around the world, period poverty is real. Aside from the…
