Tag: Sanitary Pads

Kenya’s schoolgirls to get free sanitary pads from government

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SOURCE:BBC All Kenyan schoolgirls are to get free sanitary pads, the government has said. It is hoped the move will improve access to education in a country where many cannot afford sanitary products like pads and tampons. According to the UN’s education agency, one in 10 girls in sub-Saharan Africa misses school during their period. Some girls reportedly lose 20% of their education for this reason, making them more likely to drop out of school altogether. The amendment to the education act, signed into law by President Uhuru Kenyatta this…

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Rural Girls Use Rags As Sanitary Pads

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Staff Reporter  YOUNG girls in rural Zimbabwe have resorted to using rags as sanitary pads in the face of perennial economic woes obtaining in the country. In a video recorded by Organize4 Zimbabwe, rural girls in Chisumbabnje confessed to using rags and other inexplicable materials as pads during menstruation. In some cases, the girls have to dispense themselves from attending school since going to school with a rag under their garments is not that comfortable. “We have to wash the rags as soon as it’s soaked in blood, i can repeat…

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