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 pads in place. The bathrooms at their schools are not clean or hygienic. They are also frightened that their school uniforms – which are often light in color – will be stained.
Kenyan Schoolgirls Dread Their Periods. Simple Changes Could Help.
Nico Pitney, Huffington Post: Living
Sat, 10/10/2015 - 6:44am
Topics: united nations sustainable development goals sdgs target un s international day girl child october hiv the shillings us jewitt they hiv solutions there conversation harriet ryley impact officer camfed this the huffington post sdgs in sdgs to hiv the kisumu kenya africa periods simple girls school sanitary uniforms menstrual access schools world important hygiene home pupils protection sub-saharan hide cultural wear dark sanitation attend revealed menstruation pregnancy teachers parents cramps issues women issue pale agreed afraid marks stayed times leaked locks place desire underwear forced pads don acknowledged color pressure requirements answer privacy questions absenteeism schoolgirl parts drop gender tissues poorly risk research lack shy cost uniform us$ improve risks wash sexual address effectively products
Welcome to Wopular
Wopular is an
online newspaper rack,
giving you a summary view of the top headlines from the top news sites.
Senh Duong (Founder)
Wopular,
MWB,
RottenTomatoes
MoviesWithButter : Our Sister Site
- "Expendables 4" Starts Shooting This Fall, Says Randy Couture at the Arnold Sports Festival more
- “Expendables 4” Gets Funding Interest from “Ip Man 3” Financier more
- "Ip Man 3" Distributor Suspected of Box Office Fraud, Parent Company Loses $200M in Market Cap more
- Yen Targets "Ip Man 4" for 2018 Release; Discusses Film with Director, Producer more
- "Ip Man 3" Shatters Expectations with $72M Opening [China Box Office] more