Cameroon fights period stigma and poverty on World Menstrual Hygiene Day
Voice of America
FILE - Girls walk on a road in Maroua, Cameroon, March 17, 2016. Cameroon’s government says 70% of menstruating women and girls lack access to regular basic sanitation products.
Cameroon is observing World Menstrual Hygiene Day (May 28) with caravans visiting schools and public spaces to educate people about social taboos that women should not be seen in public during their menstrual periods. Organizations are also donating menstrual kits to girls displaced by terrorism and political tensions in the central African state.
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