Kenyan Government Prioritizes Young Women’s Menstrual Health

 

    President Kenyatta enacted a law that the government covers the cost of menstrual pads for young women and their families. By providing menstrual pads, the government hopes to improve girls' access to education. This is because a million girls miss 20% of their school year due to lack of access to menstrual pads or other tools. The government also provided an economic and safe way for young women to dispose of their menstrual tools. They are doing something extremely ingenious and those other countries should take note of this, and look at Kenya with the big steps of implementing equality for women.

Sources:

“Kenya Will Give Free Menstrual Pads to Girls.” Global Citizen, 22 June 2017, www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/kenya-will-give-free-menstrual-pads-to-girls/.