A feature on Hanan Ahmed, founder of Ethiopian company Han's with Care, which makes reusable sanitary pads in Addis Ababa to address period poverty and menstrual stigma. The article describes her workshop, its output and school donations, and notes that conditions remain largely unchanged in rural areas.
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I used to be one of those girls who have a very heavy flow. I would end up staining my clothes and the desk I was sitting at. And because of that, I didn't come to school for like a week or two, making up excuses
some of the period-shaming that happened 20 years ago is still going on now
bits of mattress or dirty socks
I didn't tell my family... I was afraid to speak up.
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In Ethiopia, a religiously conservative country of 130 million people where around 40 percent live in poverty
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a religiously conservative country of 130 million people where around 40 percent live in poverty
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A 2017 study by Johns Hopkins University found that just 28 percent of Ethiopian women reported having everything they need for their periods.
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The company can produce up to 1,000 pads a day.
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On a recent morning at the Nigat Kokeb School in Addis Ababa, sanitary pads were distributed to about a dozen young girls.
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