The fact is, one in three women worldwide experience period poverty or do not have sufficient access to menstrual hygiene products. The reality is, this topic and the way menstruation is perceived is still an under-discussed issue and taboo subject in many countries around the world.
The World Menstrual Hygiene Day has been established as a global celebration to address this issue with the aim to bring positive changes in communities worldwide
This year, under the theme “Making Menstruation a Normal Fact of Life by 2030,” Rainbo Initiative joins Orange Foundation and other partners to celebrate the World Menstrual Hygiene Day.
The event aimed at raising awareness and promote good menstrual health and hygiene practices for all women and girls and contribute to creating an environment in which every woman is empowered to manage her menstruation safely, hygienically, confidently, and without shame.
We are excited that brands like Orange are joining us in taking initiatives that are effectively helping to making a difference in the lives of women and girls in Sierra Leone
We have more work to do with the schools, the communities, and the government to ensure that women and girls receive adequate guidance on menstrual hygiene management, including safe and proper personal hygiene. We need to work together to figure out effective ways to ensure that there is adequate supply of sanitary kits, and that girls have privacy for changing and cleaning.
Safe and hygienic menstruation is every menstruator’s right.
As events like this helps participants understand that periods are part of a natural process that occurs regardless of the circumstance, our continued collaboration to make it possible for women and girls of all walks of life to have the basic right to a safe and hygienic menstruation will ensure a better society for all.
All of us come from one orifice and all will return there eventually. We’re all on a journey to meet certain body functions that are as much apart of life as eating food. Puberty, pregnancy and childbirth, sweating, coughing and sneezing; these are all normal bodily functions we have come to accept as part of living. The time has come to add another: Menstruation.