In partnership with the Song – Ba Empowerment Center in Tamale, the Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency (SWIDA – Gh), commemorated the World Menstrual Hygiene Day 2022, with focus on the reusable pad to support the girl.
A total of one hundred female students of the Riyadh Soliheen Islamic JHS at Nakpanzoo went through training on how to make and maintain the reusable pads, as a means of effectively managing their menstrual hygiene.
Each of the students was given a reusable pad, which has the lasting capacity of three years. This pad will be washed after use and be reused, without any adverse health and hygiene effects.
The pad is made from local materials which have a guarantee of hygiene and health as well as safety assurances.
Through a short training video, the girls were shown how to manage their menstrual hygiene.
The event created a safe space for the girls to ask questions and share information on this essential subject.
In many homes in the rural areas of northern Ghana, it is considered as close to a taboo to raise or talk about issues of menstruation.
The theme for World Menstrual Hygiene Day 2022, is “To create a world where no woman or girl is held back because she menstruates”.
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