For girls, menstrual hygiene still matters

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Consequences suffered by girls and women in resource-poor settings due to lack of sanitary towels is derailing the progress of women across the African continent

On top of the distress of having no sanitary towels, women have to go through the ordeal of the agonising pain that comes with the monthly flow. They say that the pain a woman feels during this time is second to the labour pains. Catherine Matemu, 14, a Form One student at Jangwani Girls Secondary School cannot testify to that since she has never had any children. But what she does know is that nothing takes away her confidence like being in ‘that time of the month’. Apart from the week-long cramps, she also experiences the unease and constant worry that she might embarrass herself with stains. Her bright orange skirt as school uniform doesn’t do much to help protect her from those accidental dots. And as a border student, what she dreads the most is not having enough money to buy sanitary towels for herself when she needs them; a fact which happens more often than she would like.

For girls, menstrual hygiene still matters

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