Pad Right Initiative: Providing Dignity.

Globally, 500 million girls and women lack adequate menstrual hygiene management facilities, impacting their health and education. In Nigeria, this issue results in 80% of girls missing school during menstruation.

The Pad Right Initiative aims to address this by reaching over 30,000 girls in northern Nigeria. This project, intended for replication through partnerships in other Nigerian states, seeks to enhance menstrual hygiene management, provide menstrual hygiene kits through sustained collaborations, and conduct workshops and training sessions in schools and communities. The anticipated outcomes include increased girls’ school attendance, improved menstrual hygiene practices, a reduction in the prevalence of taboos and myths surrounding menstruation, decreased instances of diseases and fatalities resulting from unhygienic menstruation, and alignment with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.