The Young Women Leaders Network officially launched it 2019 Menstrual Hygiene Management project dubbed ‘Gift the sanitary pad to the girl child’. The project was launched at ICODEHS Islamic School on Friday 8th March, to mark the international women’s day celebration.
Speaking on the topic ‘Menstrual hygiene management’ our health coordinator Ms Laila Abdulai who is a certified Midwife educated the girls on the importance of hygiene during menstruation and how to be clean during menstruation. She also took them through how to calculate the menstrual cycle. She advised them to get a calendar to help them track their periods. She told them menstruation is not a strange thing, it’s a gift that God gave women, hence women are unique.
She demonstrated to the girls how fix and remove a used pad correctly without being exposed to infections. Also mentioned how to dispose a used pad, she then urged them to wash their hands after changing a pad.
Faiza Seidu Adam, the Director of Girly Tech Hub who was our guest spoke on “the relevance of technology in our daily lives’ advised the are numerous technological advantages for girls in this era hence they should make good use of it in other to become change makers in our communities.
She further encourages the girls to pursue Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in the future if only they are passionate about it.
Hajia Samira Sakibu a member of the network advice. The girls on the importance of saving especially to be able to buy themselves sanitary pad or other related items during that time of the month. She encouraged them to save as little as 20p a day.
The Head teacher of the school expressed his gratitude towards the network’s visit and encouraged the team not to give up on the quest of making the lives of the young ones better.
Each girl was given a gift of sanitary pad each and some selected girls who were very interactive got themselves a savings box.
The Menstrual Hygiene Project is one of the initiatives of the YWLN and is aimed at educating 10,000 girls on comprehensive menstrual hygiene knowledge, improving school attendance among girls between 10-15 years in school, creating awareness of teenage pregnancies and other sexual related diseases and also increase their self esteem.