Periodicals
Menstrual Hygiene News and Views in Ghana
18/11/2023 8:40pm
Good news from 2024 Budget - Locally produced sanitary pads are tax-free!
10/08/2023 8:40pm
Period poverty: African women priced out of buying sanitary pads
12/4/2023 6:18pm
No School On Period Days
By Ethel Nanayaa Afrakuma Amoako Baffoe for The Ghana Report
I was born in the mid-nineties, the time girl’s education was not common, and if they got the chance to go to school, some parents could only afford Secondary School education.
5/4/2023 12:25pm
Sex for GHC20 Sanitary Pads On The Rise Among Girls In Ahafo Ano District - GHS
Source: starrfm.com.gh
The Ghana Health Director for the Ahafo Ano South West District of the Ashanti region has bemoaned the increasing rate of teenage pregnancy among young girls particularly students in the farmimg district.
27/2/2023 6:15pm
Ghana’s Tax on Sanitary Pads Deprives Girls of Education
By Senanu Tord for VOA News on Africa
Ghana increased already high taxes on imported goods this year, making sanitary pads unaffordable to vulnerable women and girls who are then forced to skip school during their periods.
16/6/2022 6:11pm
FEATURE-Period pad prices push girls out of school in Africa
By Kent Mensah, Thomson Reuters Foundation
ACCRA, Aug 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – After being shamed over bloodstains on her uniform, Ghanaian student Juliet Opoku misses about a week of school each month because her parents, who are farmers, can no longer afford pads.
30/6/2022 6:07pm
Correlates of absenteeism at work, school and social activities during menstruation: Evidence from the 2017/2018 Ghana Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey
Alor SK, Anaba EA, Adongo PB (2022) Correlates of absenteeism at work, school and social activities during menstruation: Evidence from the 2017/2018 Ghana Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey. PLoS ONE 17(6): e0270848.
24/5/2022 5:57pm
Do We Need To Talk More About Mensturation?
Source: Africa Daily – BBC Sounds
Despite it being a regular bodily function, menstruation isn’t often talked about. But it’s something that is causing huge problems for many women on the continent.
15/5/2022 12:18pm
83% of Adolescent Girls in Wa East Offer Sex to Purchase Sanitary Pads
Source: starrfm.gh
Research conducted by the Upper West Regional Youth Parliament with funding support from…
30/5/2022 5:50pm
‘Declassify menstrual products as luxury products to make it affordable' – PPAG to government
Source: angelonline.com.gh
A leading Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) organization in Ghana, Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana (PPAG), has called on the government to declassify menstrual hygiene products as “luxury products” for Ghanaian women and girls.
22/3/2022 5:48pm
Menstrual hygiene management in public high schools in Ghana
Abor PA. Menstrual hygiene management in public high schools in Ghana. Afr Health Sci. 2022 Mar;22(1):88-91. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v22i1.11. PMID: 36032493; PMCID: PMC9382505.
9/12/2019 12:31pm
Girls in rural areas forced to exchange sex for sanitary pads
Source: starrfm.com.gh
Accessing Menstrual Management Products in rural parts of Ghana is still a challenge forcing many teenage girls to sometimes exchange sex for Sanitary pads.
23/10/2019 5:45pm
Girls’ Access to Education in Ghana
Forsgren, Harper, Asia Haslam, Shelby Hunt, Andrew Wirkus, and Nathan Heim. “Girls’ Access to Education in Ghana.” Ballard Brief. October 2019.
13/3/2019 5:32pm
Report: The Girls' Iron Folate Tablet Supplementation (GIFTS) Programme
Ghana Health Service, Ghana Education Service, UNICEF-Ghana, Emory University Global Health Institute, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 2019. Impact evaluation of a school-based integrated adolescent nutrition and health Programme with Iron and Folic-Acid supplementation intervention among adolescent girls in Ghana. UNICEF-Ghana Cantonments, Accra Ghana.
29/1/2018 5:27pm
Ghana schoolgirl: 'River Gods' period ban is ruining my education'
Source-BBC News
A ban apparently imposed by a local River God stopping menstruating schoolgirls in Ghana from crossing a river has outraged children’s activists.
27/6/2016 4:44pm
Globally, periods are causing girls to be absent from school
ONI LUSK-STOVER, ROSEMARY ROP, ELAINE TINSLEY & TAMER SAMAH RABIE
A UNESCO report estimates that one in ten girls in Sub-Saharan Africa misses school during their menstrual cycle. By some estimates, this equals as much as twenty percent of a given school year.
4/6/2014 4:30pm
‘Most Rural Girls Skip School During Period’
By Fred Tettey Alarti-Amoako for Daily Guide
About 95 percent of girls in Ghana, particularly those in rural communities, miss school during their menstrual periods due to lack of hygienic materials, inconsistent supply of water and soap…
31/10/2012 4:16pm
Sanitary Pad Interventions for Girls' Education in Ghana: A Pilot Study
Montgomery P, Ryus CR, Dolan CS, Dopson S, Scott LM. Sanitary pad interventions for girls’ education in Ghana: a pilot study. PLoS One. 2012;7(10):e48274. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048274. Epub 2012 Oct 31. PMID: 23118968; PMCID: PMC3485220.