18% of girls and women in Rwanda miss out on school and work last year because they could not afford to buy menstrual pads.
Quite apart from the personal injustice, and the larger issues of health and dignity, we’re also talking about a potential GDP loss of $215 per women every year – a total of $115,000,000 in Rwanda. It’s bad business. Bottom line.
SHE is helping women jumpstart social businesses to manufacture and distribute affordable menstrual pads. Coupled with health education and advocacy, girls and women will have even more productive lives than before.
