Having a period is unaffordable in Kenya, yet no one wants to talk about it

Theguardian.com

When Michelle Tatu got her first period, she was afraid she was dying. Terrified, she stuffed bits of cloth and cotton inside herself to try and stem the bleeding.

Too frightened to tell her parents what was happening, she kept quiet. She spent her school day terrified blood would leak out, exposing her to ridicule from her classmates.

“At first I was so scared, I didn’t know what it was, I thought I had hurt myself,” exaplains Tatu over the din of a women’s rights march in Kibera, her home and one of Kenya’s largest slums. The march has been organised by non-profit The Cup, which provides menstrual cups to girls like Tatu. Click here to read

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