Her efforts in combating period poverty and pushing the Sanitary Provision Bill (amongst others), which is aimed to tackle period poverty by supplying free sanitary towels to all schoolgirls and prisoners in Kenya, have not gone unnoticed. According to data collected in 2016, 95% of girls in Ghana occasionally miss school because of period poverty. [iStockphoto]Having to stay home because of the lack of access to menstrual products and proper hygiene facilities is one issue. It is simply not enough as much more needs to be done to put an end to period shaming and stigma. Good work for young girls and women has begun, but that work is only the beginning of addressing period poverty and the health consequences that women face every single day.

Source: Daily Nation February 25, 2023 11:04 UTC