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Walk the talk in bid to end menstrual stigma

Senator Gloria Orwoba's billboard is being put up in Nairobi CBD after she appeared in senate with a stained outfit claiming she had stained it because of her periods.

In the countdown to the world Menstrual Hygiene Day on May 28, the need to break taboos and end stigma surrounding menstruation has never been more urgent.

In the interest of millions of Kenyan girls and women afflicted by poverty who have endured period shaming, every effort made towards making amends, counts.

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