Problem Overview
During their menstrual period, which isn’t taking care in the most efficiency way which mean sometime they can be in class or playing with their friend and the blood start to come out, that can make them get:
• bullied or being laugh at
• some might even miss classes,
• it can be emotional damage
• some can lose self confidence in themselves,
all those things can have a big effect on those young girls’ life as the results, some decide to leave school, some might have low self-esteem issue which in the long run can create something bad that can kill their dream and ambition
The non-use of the favorite absorbent can be explained by several reasons:
Logistical reasons
The availability of the product in the area, a lot of shop in the rural era don’t see the importance of bring the menstrual product in the region as some think it’s the waste of money and no one can afford it.
Socio-cultural reason
Approximately 6% evoke respectively the non-approval of the produced in the community and the fact of not knowing how to use it
the lack of information play a big part in this as a lot of girl don’t even know what is menstrual pads and for some they never seen it.
Economic reason
For the fact that the product is too expensive, let do some calculation:
with good hygiene, you can’t stay with the same pads for more than 8hrs and with the seize and different person it can vary where one will need to change one after every 4 hours which make:
for the average
24h:8h = 3 menstrual pads a day
For an average girl she uses 3 pads per day, now for the 5 days of the period, we can say an average girl will need around 15 menstrual pads during her period
Let talk about price, in the urban
there is 3 type of seize which vary with the age and price
• for 13 old to 17 old, it is the small seize
1 pack which contain 15 menstrual pads cost 3$
• from 18 old to 29 old it is medium seize,
1 pack that 6 menstrual pads cost 3$
As this one is much stronger from the small one, a average person will need only 2 pads per day x 5 days = 10 menstrual pads for period
And if she needs 10 pads for her 5 days period, that will cost around 3.5 $
• from 30 old to 50 old it is the large seize
Our conclusion is that the most challenged reason in the village is the economic one where for a average price for one box of menstrual pads can be around 3.5$, and in the village for a mother to afford that for her daughter is quite challenging
in the village around 75% of mothers have at least 4 daughters from the range age of 12 old to 22 old, for the mother to even get something to feed her family is very challenging as she can get like 1$ per day if she gets paid to cultivate someone land
a lot of people in the village tried to survive and they don’t have the money
Side effect of the lack pf menstrual hygiene for ladies the lack of menstrual hygiene can lead to many issues, such as fungal or bacterial infections of the reproductive tract and the urinary tract. Irritation of the skin causes discomfort and can possibly result in dermatitis – a medical condition in which the skin swells, turns red, and at times becomes sore with blisters