Empowering Refugee Women from Shame: Provision of Safe and Affordable Sanitary Pads to Manage Menstruation

Managing menstrual health in refugee camps/settlements is a big problem, as refugees often have no access to sanitary pads. Thousands of adolescent girls and women are forced to improvise with unhygienic alternatives that put their lives at risk of contracting infections. Furthermore, lack of proper menstrual health management resources make women vulnerable as they continue to miss school days and also are forced to engage in unwanted sex for money to get pads.