Namibia: Campaign Addresses Period Poverty

28 October 2020

Walvis Bay — The Walvis Bay Urban constituency office along sponsors Shoprite and Lil-Lets on Monday launched the 'Keep a Girl in School' campaign aimed at providing sanitary pads for needy girls in various schools.

The project also handed out sanitary pads worth N$40 000 to needy schoolgirls at Tutaleni Primary School at Walvis Bay. Walvis Bay Urban constituency councillor Knowledge Ipinge said Li-Lets together with Shoprite is driving an in-store initiative whereby they will donate a pack of sanitary pads for every pack bought in store. According to Ipinge, girls skipping school, because they are menstruating and cannot afford sanitary products are a common issue across the country and elsewhere in the world. "Period poverty is known to share a close relationship with the stigmatization of menstruation in many of our households and communities. Many low-income women and girls face challenges while trying to afford menstrual products and hygiene and which, in turn, heightens their economic vulnerability and social stigmatisation," he said.

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