Step up provision of sanitary pads to raise numbers in schools

Tomorrow, May 28, is Global Menstrual Hygiene Day, hence my focus on this delicate but important issue. This day, celebrated first in 2014, seeks to create awareness on menstruation, break taboos surrounding it and raise awareness on the importance of good menstrual hygiene management worldwide. Let me start with a personal story.

I still shudder when I remember my first exposure to a girl having her menstrual cramps. This was 40 years ago. I was in class 5 and one of my female classmates, being more mature, started bleeding in the middle of our morning break.