Impact of Bad Menstrual Hygiene Practices on Girls’ Education
Menstruation is still seen as an embarrassing, shameful, and dirty process in most parts of the world, especially Africa. There are many taboos around this natural phenomenon which leave most adolescent girls unprepared for their periods and misinformed on how to manage them. This promotes the practice of unsafe menstrual hygiene practices which may lead to ill health. There is a need for both men and women to have greater awareness of good menstrual hygiene practices as this is vital to the health, well-being, self-worth, empowerment, mobility and productivity of women and girls. Sadly, the realization of quality education for …
Attitudinal Change Towards MHM: The Way Forward for Ghana
“Empowering women and girls for a good menstrual hygiene” is the theme for the menstrual hygiene day 2018. Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) is one of the focus areas of J Initiative’s programmes dubbed the Happy School Girl Project (HSGP). The UN believes 1 in 10 girls in sub-Saharan Africa miss school during their period-thus missing a fifth of the academic year. The HSGP is built on the premise that menstruation as a natural occurrence should not keep girls out of school. It is therefore important that everything a girl needs to make her feel comfortable during her period is made …
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