South Africa period poverty: 'I don't want anyone else to use rags for sanitary pads'Tamara Magwashu wants to make sure that young women have access to sanitary padsTamara Magwashu was bullied at school as her family was not rich enough to afford sanitary pads. "I started to work whenever I could around my studies so that I could buy sanitary pads because for me those rags were very uncomfortable." Anti-poverty NGO The Borgen Project estimates that seven million South African girls cannot afford to buy sanitary products. She's advocating for the dignity of young girls and women's human rights because we don't have much. "It's important that we empower young women to take action.

Source: Forbes May 28, 2023 00:21 UTC