Africa: 'People Don't Touch My Hands Because They Think, If She Can't See, How Does She Know She's Having Her Period?'

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Johannesburg, South Africa — "Do you know why people don't touch our hands? Because they are thinking, if she's [having] her period, how does she see she's [having] it?"

Managing one's menstrual health can be a challenge for many girls and women in East and Southern Africa as it is, but what if you're also visually impaired?

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