Recent Study: Sanitary Protection in South Africa
Poverty continued to result in many low-income women in South Africa being unable to afford sanitary protection at the end of the review period. This issue rose to prominence in 2011, with campaigners and the media highlighting the issue of many girls missing school for a week each month due to their inability to afford sanitary protection. As a result, the government began to supply free sanitary pads to low-income schoolgirls, with plans to reach over 93,000 girls by May...
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