Kenya Women Launch Campaign Against Menstrual Stigma And Period Shaming
Kenyan women on Thursday 9th Feb have launched a campaign dubbed #StainNotShame targeting everyone to raise awareness on menstrual stigma and stop period shaming.
According to Research by Menstrual Hygiene Day, a global advocacy platform for non-profit organizations and government agencies to promote menstrual health, reveals that 65% of females in Kenya are unable to afford sanitary pads and one million school-age girls miss an average of four school days per month because of their menstrual cycle and no access to feminine hygiene products.
The research also show that a number of girls have resort to suicide due shaming and increased stress.
The campaign is driven by a unique fashion collection showing a blot on dresses on the front and back as a fashion statement to normalize the sight of period stains.
The organizers of the campaign are asking Kenyan citizens to join in a petition to lawmakers asking for their support to protect our girls & women by adding a clause that stops period shaming in Kenyan law.
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