How one man is eradicating period stigma in Africa, one comic book at a time

...Due to financial barriers, stigma, and a lack of period education, many girls have been forced into period poverty (lack of access to menstrual hygiene products and education), and Covid-19 has worsened the problem.

Chika Nwaogu, co-founder and executive director of PadHer, a Lagos-based women-led nonprofit is making it free, fun, easy, and comfortable teaching young African school girls from underserved communities about periods and puberty using comic books...

Read more