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  • Ghana Reusable Sanitary Pads -- {USAGM}
  • March 15, 2023
  • Content Type Package
  • Language English
  • Transcript/Script Ghana Reusable Sanitary Pads (TV) HEADLINE: Ghanaian Teacher Innovates to Fight ‘Period Poverty’ TEASER: The initiative offering reusable sanitary pads aims to make sure girls stay in school PUBLISHED AT: 3/15/23 at 7:50am BYLINE: Hamza Adams WRITER: Salem Solomon DATELINE: AFARI, GHANA VIDEOGRAPHER: VIDEO EDITOR: Haruna Shehu SCRIPT EDITORS: KEnochs, DLJ VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA Original PLATFORMS: WEB __ TV X RADIO __ TRT: 1:57 VID APPROVED BY: KE TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES)) ((INTRO)) [[Every month, young girls in Ghana are forced to miss school days due to menstruation. But a schoolteacher is working to find a solution by providing reusable sanitary pads. Hamza Adams visited a school in Afari, Ghana, and has this story narrated by Salem Solomon.]] ((NARRATION)) In Afari, a remote town in Ghana’s Ashanti State, a teacher has found an innovative solution to a common, but rarely discussed problem. Amdiya Abdul Latiff, a teacher at a 200-student school, noticed a problem: her female students were regularly absent from class. ((Amdiya Abdul Latiff, Eco-Me Africa)) ((Female, in Hausa)) “When I started teaching in this school in Afari town, I discovered that many female students do not come to school when they are menstruating due to period poverty.” ((NARRATOR)) Period poverty, Abdulatif says, is a term commonly associated with lack of access to sanitary pads or cleaning products. This pushes young girls to miss school during the time of the month that they menstruate. Abdul Latiff founded Eco-me Africa, a reusable sanitary pads production facility to offer her students products for free. She says it was important that the products are easy to clean and environmentally friendly. ((Amdiya Abdul Latiff, Eco-Me Africa)) ((Female, in Hausa)) “We are using organic sustainable fabric to make these pads. We don’t add any kind of chemical. The materials we are using are antimicrobials. The pads are reusable, users can wash and dry them after use. It’s affordable, healthy and also good for the environment.” ((NARRATION)) This student says the free sanitary pads have made a major impact. ((Beatrice Awuni, Student)) ((Female, in English)) “I am going to feel comfortable going to school and I really like it very, very much.” ((NARRATION)) Ghana isn’t the only place facing this issue. A 2022 report by the U.N. estimated that one in 10 girls in Sub-Saharan Africa miss school during their period or eventually drop out altogether. ((For Hamza Adam in Afari town, Ghana, Salem Solomon, VOA News.))
  • NewsML Media Topics Arts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
  • Network VOA
  • Location (dateline) AFARI, GHANA
  • Embargo Date March 15, 2023 18:55 EDT
  • Byline ((For Hamza Adam in Afari town, Ghana, Salem Solomon, VOA News.))
  • Brand / Language Service Voice of America - English
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