#MenstrualHygieneDay2022: Document Women Partners With Sanitary Aid Nigeria.
Since 2014, May 28 has been celebrated as the Menstrual Hygiene Day, to amplify the importance of menstrual hygienic practices during periods.
To mark this year's Menstrual Hygiene Day, Document Women partnered with Karo Omu of Sanitary Aid Nigeria to release the findings of a research paper on period poverty amongst teenage girls in Nigeria.
Document Women co-founder and CEO Kiki Mordi also directed a short film called Free Period, Available to watch here on Youtube, it offers a visual representation of what school-aged girls in Nigeria face when their periods come unexpectedly.
Sanitary Aid Nigeria is a pioneer organisation in the fight against period poverty in Nigeria. Founded by Karo Omu and spearheaded by fundraising donations from social media, SANG donates menstrual care materials to schools and holds talks around reproductive health.
Donor-funder, Sanistry Aid Nigeria has provided over 20,000 girls and young women across 13 states in Nigeria with sanitary hygiene products.
The report titled "Understanding Period Poverty and Its Effects" was released in a thirty-page document. It was launched in a webinar hosted by SANG Founder Karo Omu and Document Women CEO Kiki Mordi. Other panellists included Cynthia Ndeche and feminist writer Ozzy Etomi.