Menstruation doesn't have to mean an end to educate young girls

Among all developing regions, sub-Saharan Africa has made great steps towards primary school enrollment for children. However, children from poor families are four times more likely to be out of school than those from rich households. Access to quality education for all is the fourth sustainable development goals and many education champions are working towards its realization in the next 15 years.

In Kenya, the girl child traditionally had been denied access to education and put at the center of harmful cultural practices such as the FGC which was followed off by early marriage. In most communities, families never deemed it beneficial to take their girls to school. Schools were only for the boys, sadly.