FAWE Urges Africa to Combat Period Poverty and Menstrual Stigma Through Policy Reform

Millions of African girls experience school absenteeism, dropout, and loss of educational and economic opportunities due to period poverty and lack of menstrual health support.

Across Africa, a biological reality shared by half of humanity has been transformed by silence, stigma, and neglect into a barrier that pulls millions of girls out of classrooms and away from futures. On Menstrual Health Day 2026, educators and advocates gathered in a webinar convened by FAWE Ghana and Uganda to name period poverty not as a health curiosity but as a crisis of gender equality — one that will not resolve itself without deliberate policy, investment, and cultural reckoning. The path forward, they argued, runs through schools, budgets, and the quiet courage to speak plainly about

FAWE Urges Africa to Combat Period Poverty and Menstrual Stigma Through Policy Reform

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