Menstrual hygiene

Menstrual Hygiene Day: WaterAid Nigeria, PepsiCo Foundation, Train Women To Make Sanitary Pads

By Dayo Emmanuel WaterAid Nigeria and PepsiCo Foundation have marked Menstrual Hygiene Day with training for teachers on handling young girls on menstrual hygiene and practical session for women on the production of sanitary pads. The event which took place at the Igando Ikotun Local Council Development Area secretariat in Lagos recently, also featured a […]

Menstrual Hygiene Day: CEE-HOPE Fetes Teenagers, Makes Case For Free Pads Distribution

A Non-Governmental Organisation, the Centre for Children’s Health Education, Orientation and Protection (CEE-HOPE) recently marked the International Menstrual Hygiene Day with a call for government’s intervention in ending period poverty in Nigeria. At a one-day seminar in Lagos which attracted several teenage girls from communities across Lagos and Ogun States and featured talks on rape […]

School girls, teachers, facilitators at the conference

Menstrual Hygiene Day: CEE-HOPE Advocates For Free Sanitary Pads At Conference

In light of the increasing difficulty that needy women and girls face in handling their monthly periods due to lack of access to sanitary products, an NGO has called on the Nigerian government to provide free sanitary pads for such women. The Centre for Children’s Health Education, Orientation and Protection (CEE-HOPE), an NGO that works […]