Ms Wambora campaigns for menstrual dignity




Participants show sanitary pads as a symbol of
breaking silence during World Menstrual Hygiene
Management Day at Kairuri Stadium
Embu First Lady Theresia Wambora has advised men that they have a role to play in preparing their daughters for the arrival of menstruation and its management.
Ms Wambora said as a departure from the past when only women bought pads, men today should buy sanitary towels for their wives and daughters with no shame attached to it.
The First Lady, in a speech read on her behalf by nominated MCA Rose Kinyua during World Menstrual Hygiene Management Day celebrations at Kairuri stadium, urged parents to discuss menstruation at home so that girls can be well informed about the changes that happen in their bodies.
She told parents not to abdicate the duty of preparing their daughter to menses to teachers alone, noting that breaking the silence on menstruation management should form part of the discourse at home, school, church and other public forums.
“Parents should strive to prepare their daughters for the arrival of menses by showing them that it is a normal stage in life. They should ensure the girl has adequate pads, practices proper hygiene and eats iron-rich diet to replenish the iron lost through menstruation. Boys should also be counselled on whats happening to their sister,” she said.
Ms Wambora said the county department of gender was issuing pads to vulnerable girls in some schools who could not access pads and either have drop out of school during their menses or use unsafe means.
“Teachers should also be attentive to help girls on menses during school time. They should help break silence on menstruation at classroom and teach the girls the changes happening in their bodies,” she said
She, however, cautioned against neglecting boys as all the attention is channeled towards girls, saying during issuance of pads to girls boys should also be given a token and counselling.
During the celebrations, Kairuri primary school pupils performed a play on breaking silence on menstruation while Catholic Diocese of Embu development arm-Caritas provided health workers who offered counselling and health education to students.



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