There are a lot of negative attitudes and hidden biases that hinder girls' success from a young age, but there's also one very concrete factor that can hold them behind: lack of access to menstrual ...

Many girls have anxiety about getting their period unexpectedly in school. Girls should not be anxious about something like this. Students have enough pressure already, and there is no need to add to ...

A monthly period shouldn't stop a girl or woman from living her life. That's the premise behind a growing movement in Minnesota and across the globe to increase access to period products and decrease ...

The ‘no blood should hold us back’ ad showcases some female athletes crushing a rugby game, a run, a mountain biking route, and a ballet routine, pushing through whatever scrapes, bumps and bruises ...

Over 20,000 sanitary pads have been distributed to secondary school girls by a non-governmental organisation, ’Give A Girl Child A Pad’. The NGO has distributed pads for the girl-child in different ...

In mid-April, World Bank announced an extraordinary $2.5 billion investment in support of global education projects that directly benefit adolescent girls. First lady Michelle Obama gave remarks at ...

The Ondo state government has distributed no fewer than 5,000 cartons of sanitary pads to schoolgirls across the 18 local government areas of the state to commemorate the 2025 International Day of the ...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Ugandan schoolgirl Auma got her first period she asked her mother for sanitary pads. Her mother suggested she find herself a husband to pay for them. Auma ...

Accra, April 24, GNA – President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday launched the Free Sanitary Pad Distribution Programme for Girls in School in Accra. The national launch is in fulfilment of the ...