A Growing Menstrual Hygiene Crisis in Sierra Leone For thousands of girls across Sierra Leone, access to menstrual hygiene products is not simply a health issue. It is directly connected to education, confidence, and opportunity. Yet today, many girls are at risk of losing that support. A global funding crisis has forced several international organizations […]

Today, as the world marks World Menstrual Hygiene Day, one message is clear: no girl should have to choose between her education and her period.  Yet, across Sierra Leone, period poverty continues to prevent many girls from attending school confidently and consistently. Limited access to menstrual hygiene products, stigma surrounding menstruation, and inadequate reproductive health […]

Getting girls into school is no longer the only challenge in Sierra Leone. Keeping them there is. At the recent “Close the Secondary School Gap: Girls Must Graduate!” webinar hosted by Seattle-based NGO, Schools for Salone, education experts and practitioners came together to unpack a troubling reality: while enrolment of girls in schools have improved, […]