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Empowering Girls: Global Campaign Tackles Menstrual Stigma

5/28/2025

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In Nigeria, the African Women Lawyers Association kicked off a powerful campaign for Menstrual Hygiene Day 2025, championing girls' rights to education and access to sanitary products. Justice Haruna passionately called for greater awareness to dismantle period stigma. Globally, initiatives in Canada and South Africa are also striving to tackle period poverty and foster menstrual health equity.

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In Nigeria, the African Women Lawyers Association kicked off a powerful campaign for Menstrual Hygiene Day 2025, championing girls' rights to education and access to sanitary products. Justice Haruna passionately called for greater awareness to dismantle period stigma. Globally, initiatives in Canada and South Africa are also striving to tackle period poverty and foster menstrual health equity.