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Uganda: Young Girls Having Sex With Older Men for Sanitary Pads
Monitor, 30 May 2016
In a desperate move to cope with menstruation, hundreds of girls in Uganda are forced to trade their bodies in exchange for money to buy pads in order to stay in school. Read more »
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Kenya: Schoolgirls Dread Their Periods, but Simple Changes Could Help
The Conversation Africa, 7 October 2015
Many girls in the developing world feel they are forced to skip school while they are menstruating. They don't have proper sanitary wear or don't have underwear to hold sanitary… Read more »
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South Africa: Menstrual Hygiene - Comfort, Dignity and a Health Issue Concern
Gender Links, 6 October 2015
The UN General Assembly has just adopted the Sustainable Development Goals. These go beyond demanding equal rights to education for girls and boys. They also demand equal… Read more »
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Tanzania: The Purple Box Project Changing Lives in Arusha
Citizen, 8 November 2015
Tell us about Purple Box charity project Read more »
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Namibia: Teachers Assist Needy Girl Children
New Era, 6 November 2015
Poverty is not only confined to the lack of food, shelter or clothing. Read more »
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Liberia: Red Cross Donates Sanitary Kits to 951 Schools
Liberian Observer, 1 November 2015
The Liberia National Red Cross Society (LNRCS) has distributed Infection Prevention Control (IPC) Kits to about 951 schools in 11 of the 15 counties. The IPC Kits are in support of… Read more »
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Uganda: Don't Wait for Free Sanitary Towels - MP
Monitor, 27 October 2015
Bukomansimbi Woman MP Suzan Namaganda has asked parents to buy sanitary towels for their adolescent girls rather than waiting for those distributed by government for free. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: The Nightmare of a Girl Street Kid
Financial Gazette, 22 October 2015
"During my first days I used to sit and cry a lot, but I have since realized that shading tears will not fill my stomach." Read more »
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Kenya: Lack of Sanitary Towels Costs Girls One Month Every Year
The Star, 22 October 2015
For many girls, getting their first menstruation is often a trying time, and sometimes leads to school absenteeism and in extreme cases, dropping out. Read more »
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Kenya: Start Up Nation - Some of Kenya's Best Innovations
The Star, 18 August 2015
From a mobile phone that recharges itself, to books made from water hyacinth, the just-ended University of Nairobi innovation week put to the test the well-known reputation of… Read more »
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South Africa: Sanitary Pads - No Sign That Zuma's Promise Has Been Kept
GroundUp, 10 March 2015
Four years after President Jacob Zuma promised sanitary towels for poor women, there is no sign that his promise has been kept. Read more »
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South Africa: I Use a Sock as a Sanitary Pad, Says Langa Learner
GroundUp, 11 November 2014
Akhona is in grade eight. Like many of her classmates, she often misses school when she has her periods because her family cannot afford sanitary pads. When she has to write a… Read more »