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Reflections on menstrual poverty: turning shame to strength

Mariatu Kabba addressing a group of girls. Photo Credit: Mariatu Kabba/Engage Salone

Young and naive at age 11, I started menstruating. I had no idea what to do. No one had spoken to me about menstruation as it was regarded as a shameful taboo topic. I got back from school on a hot Wednesday afternoon, tired and hungry. I was menstruating for the first time. There wasn’t […]

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