Menstrual taboos create student dropouts and stress. 

Menstruation remains a taboo subject in communities across Africa, access to products and education is dangerously limited.

Schools often don’t have private bathrooms, potable water or trash facilities, making it difficult for girls to wash and dispose of their menstrual products. Attending school while menstruating becomes a miserable experience for many girls, undermining education.

Ethiopian girls have little to no access to affordable and adequate menstrual management supplies. Many Ethiopian girls use rags or homemade alternatives to pads, which lead to unhygienic menstrual practices often times resulting in humiliating leaks, discomfort and vaginal infections.