Big consequences
There are times when big consequences are unexpected to a man like me. The situation described here is about Uganda, but as blogger Jeremy Weate asks, is the same situation true in Nigeria?How widespread is this explanation for the relative absence of women in politics, business, civil society?
Menstruation and school attendance in Uganda...
More than half of Ugandan girls who enrol in grade one drop out before sitting for their primary school-leaving examinations. The fact that girls are dropping out between age 11 and 13 is being linked to the beginning of the menstruation cycle and its associated challenges.
Research conducted by a non-government organisation, the Forum of African Women Educationalists (FAWE), reveals that the lack of sanitary pads, coupled with other factors like the absence of water or separate toilet facilities for girls in many schools, is responsible for the drop-out rate...
A packet of sanitary pads costs the equivalent of $1.50 in Uganda - for the same amount you could get a kilo of sugar for the whole household...
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Labels: civil society, economics, gender, Nigeria, women
posted by Ken Wedding @ 6:48 AM
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