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Girls receive advice about their monthly menstrual cycle
By Akpan David, Calabar
Increasing number of girl-children are still passing through unspoken indignities and other inhuman treatments because of their monthly menstruation.
Secretary of Youth Missionary Society of the Bishop Anderson Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Diamond Hill, Calabar, Achiane Adam’s spoke in an exclusive interview with journalists, a day after the World Menstruation Day was marked.
She said: “It is unfair to girls and women that menstruation is still seen as a taboo in some parts of the world.
“Females, especially girl-children, are subjected to inhumane acts such as sleeping outside the house or digging a hole in the bush and sitting over there.
“They are told not to do certain things like worshipping alongside others or handling some domestic chores because of myths that are misleading or misinforming.”
Achiane stressed on importance of hygiene by the girl-children, adding that their women-only group
provides a platform for awareness creation on good menstrual health in order for them to avoid reproductive diseases associated with poor hygiene.
“It does not matter whether sanitary pads or cloth pieces are used during menstruation. What matters is how we care for our bodies and the materials used.
“We must wash our hands after pad changes and dispose it and must also wash the cloth pieces, if that was used.
“We would like every young girl who imbes our pieces of advice to also relay such to school mates, teach your family and friends about menstrual hygiene,” she charged beneficiaries.
She spoke of determination to end the stigma and shame around menstruation experienced women.
