#StainNotShame Campaign Launched

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Period poverty/ActionAidUK

Kenyan women have launched the #StainNotShame campaign targeting everyone to raise awareness on period stigma and stop period shaming.

Research by Menstrual Hygiene Day[1], a global advocacy platform for non-profit organizations and government agencies to promote menstrual health, reveals that 65% of females in Kenya are unable to afford sanitary pads and one million school-age girls miss an average of four school days per month because of their menstrual cycle and no access to feminine hygiene products. As a result of these, the consequences, at times have led to suicide cases.

The campaign is driven by a unique fashion collection showing a blot on dresses on the front and back as a fashion statement to normalize the sight of period stains.

The organizers of the campaign are asking Kenyan citizens to join in a petition to lawmakers asking for their support to protect our girls & women by adding a clause that stops period shaming in Kenyan law.

To be part of the campaign, please use the link below:

https://www.change.org/p/protect-our-girls-women-by-adding-a-clause-that-stops-period-shaming-in-kenyan-law-stainnotshame

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