Menstruation is an undeniable aspect of women’s lives, and the Starlight Foundation, in collaboration with our partners, has been dedicated to raising awareness through our Let Her Know initiative. While the existence of menstruation is widely known, there remains a significant gap in education due to cultural traditions surrounding the topic. At Starlight, we are…
Menstruation presents significant challenges for girls worldwide, including in Ghana, where approximately 95% of girls occasionally miss school due to this natural process (Mahon et al., 2012). The lack of adequate sanitary pads, and facilities, cultural beliefs associating menstruation with uncleanness, discomfort, pain, and the risk of social ridicule contribute to the barriers girls face…
It is time to shift our mindset and take concrete actions regarding menstruation. Our extensive visits to various schools have revealed a distressing reality: there are girls who have never encountered a sanitary pad, let alone used one. The Starlight Foundation, in collaboration with Adamfo Ghana and Wings Of Support, is actively working to introduce…
Every day in the year, there are more than a million girls around the world menstruating however the experiences of each girl vary from one another. Whiles others go about their days like every typical day, there is a set that needs to face neglect and abuse bits on their period. Over the years, the…
Lack of sanitary has not only kept many girls out of the classroom, but it has also landed most of them in cases of teenage pregnancy, child abuse and early marriage. The high cost of acquiring just a pad makes most girls fall prey to men. From our experience with our Let Her Know project,…