Destigmatise Menstruation

How often can you have a conversation with someone about menstruation without it getting weird? Ever been too shy to ask another female for menstruation products?

 You see in the world that we live in, menstruation is not seen as normal. Several taboos are spread about menstruation. It is important to educate our boys about this topic. This will teach them to respect women and have great admiration for them. It will stop the spread of taboos, misconceptions, and discrimination against menstruation. This 11-year-old boy will have to care for the mother of his children one day. It is best to teach them about this topic at a young age to normalise it so that they can care for their sisters and friends as well. Girls need to know that it is a part of their health and not something to be ashamed of. They have to treat it as normal as possible. Being ashamed of it may lead to girls neglecting their hygiene during this time, which often leads to tract infections. 

  Our government may play a role by developing teacher capacity in the area of teaching teachers at schools how to manage menstrual hygiene. Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) standards in schools and programming should include ongoing menstruation hygiene management. In high schools, manuals, and sanitary napkins must be supplied. Local production of sanitary napkins can help rural women's employment. Health education curricula should include menstrual hygiene management in schools across the nation.

What do you think of these ideas? Feel free to share them in the comment section, while you are at it share some of the taboos that you have heard about menstruation!