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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...
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5 Innovations working on Girls Education
...One of the areas where I’ve seen progress is in the awareness that issues of girls' health need to be considered more seriously as having an impact on girls' educational outcomes. This is true for the kinds of facilities and infrastructure that is in place to help girls, but also in the content that is taught.
PadHer is a perfect example of progress at the intersection of girls’ health and education. They work to de-stigmatize periods and educate girls by using comic books to tell the story of a 12-year old African schoolgirl who got her first period...
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Meghan Hammond: Three HundrED innovations I love and why
...Our biology shapes us all on deeply important and personal levels, but it need not be a barrier to education. I deeply appreciate PadHer’s work to increase accessibility and equity for girls, so they can develop a love of learning and be truly present at school without stigma or discrimination....
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Next steps in supporting girls' education for International Women's Day
...1/10 girls in Africa miss school during their periods to avoid the embarrassment of bleeding through their uniforms, and many drop out of school when they begin menstruating. One solution, identified by PadHer, is to provide free period education to African girls in underserved communities...
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PadHer Named One Of The World’s Best Education Innovations, Impacts Over 2,000 Girls
Since its founding in 2021, PadHer, an organization that seeks to eradicate period poverty in Africa, has impacted over 2,000 young African schoolgirls. It was recently named one of the “most impactful and scalable innovations in education” by HundrED.org, an organization that seeks and shares inspiring innovations in K12 education...
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