Initiative educates male students on menstrual health to combat stigma

Sanitary pads. [iStockphoto]

Male students are learning about menstrual hygiene and health, thanks to an initiative at Rongo University that seeks to help them understand menstruation as a normal bodily function that occurs as part of a woman's monthly cycle.

The programme rolled out through Africa Light Movement (AFLIMO) and Peace Ambassadors of Kenya, is majorly concerned with empowering male students to fight menstrual stigma against women.