Creative advocacy sparks change in Tanzania’s menstrual health battle
Young and Alive director, Ms Cecilia Shirima, addresses the youth shortly before the launch of the “Badili Flow” film, in Dar es Salaam. The organisation seeks to use digital platforms to educate the youth on matters of menstrual hygiene as a way to curb stigma and advocate for a better environment that supports girls’ education and wellbeing.PHOTO/COURTESY
Dar es Salaam. In Tanzania, conversations around menstruation have long been shrouded in silence, shame, and misinformation. But a new wave of youth-led advocacy is transforming the way menstrual health is discussed.
Using music, storytelling, film, and debate to bring the issue out of the shadows and into the public eye, Young and Alive Initiative, a local organisation, is taking a new approach to a deeply rooted social challenge — unsafe menstruation.
