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Experiences and problems with menstruation among poor women and schoolgirls in Nairobi, Kenya
Summary
This policy brief (No 20) summarizes the best available locallygenerated knowledge for a better understanding of issues of menstruation and associated practices of adolescent girls and young women in Kenya, including their experiences, attitudes and other problems that they encounter. It aims at encouraging the formulation and implementation of policies that promote the reproductive health and education rights of adolescent girls and women by tackling problems associated with menstruation and by improving access to appropriate menstrual products.
Policy brief 21 and 22 also adress the issue of Menstrual Hygiene.
About the publisher
he African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) is a non-profit, non-governmental international organization committed to conducting high quality and policy-relevant research on population and health issues facing sub-Saharan Africa.The Center was established in 1995 as a Population Policy Research Fellowship program of the Population Council, with funding from the Rockefeller Foundation. In 2001, it became an autonomous institution with headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya.http://www.aphrc.org
