Period Poverty is when girls cannot afford a sanitary pad or tampons mostly because of financial constraints. She is one of the girls who experience the side effect of period period early enough; some are asymptomatic till the situation worsens. In October, 2019, the House of Representatives demanded that sanitary pads be made available to schoolgirls regularly. One of such is Pinkitudeplace, which has been visiting communities to sensitise people and provide sanitary pads for girls. She said, “To get optimum performance of the girl child, they should be given free access to sanitary pads.

Source: Punch June 20, 2020 23:03 UTC