The Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipal Ghana Education Service (GES) has supplied over 300 sanitary pads to female students in the Municipality in commemoration of Menstrual Hygiene Day this year.
Women students were chosen from some of the municipality’s schools.
Mrs. Gloria Williams, the Municipal Girl Child Education Officer, entreated parents to start saving money to be able to provide their daughters with sanitary pads.
She urged people, organizations, groups and others to help them offer sanitary pads for the girls, and warned the girls against premarital sex because not having access to sanitary pads does not mean they should give in to their male partners.
Elsie Kokovena, a public health nurse from the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipal Health Directorate, gave the girls a lesson on how to manage their menstrual hygiene, the process of menstruation, and the necessity of using the right sanitary pads.
She recommended to the girls that they should switch out there used sanitary pads every four to six hours when they are on their periods, pointing out the infections that can develop if they don’t swap them out consistently.
“No matter how light your flow is, or even if there is no flow, bacteria can build up. Replacing your pad every few hours, or more if your period is heavy, is important for hygiene and reduces bad smells.
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Domestic Violence and victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) boss, Mrs Doris Domenyo, urged the female school children to report any person including their teachers who in any way try to take undue advantage over them by scratching their palms, holding their breast, and hitting their buttocks to the DOVSU (her outfit in Bibiani) for an action to be taken against them immediately to avoid going to the extent of laying them in bed that could have a negative effect on their education.
She took the chance to urge parents to take full responsibility for providing their daughter with sanitary pads each month, as it is a natural occurrence.
Mrs Martha Nnelka Oparah Municipal National Commission For Civic Education (NCCE) Officer advised them that nowadays some boys used sanitary pads to suspect ritualists and urged keeping it well when used.She called for the government to remove taxes on sanitary products.
“The high cost of sanitary products is adding to the discomfort and pains associated with menstrual cycle, which is having a serious toll on hygiene and education of some adolescents,” it said.
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Hamza Mohammed
