15-year-old Sabiha Ali is tackling the stigma surrounding periods in many Asian households, as well as becoming a ‘period champion’ at school to help friends access period products 🔎 Big Read by AasmaDay
Sabiha has even helped a friend wash blood out of her skirt in the school toilets after she couldn’t find any period products in time.
“Some of my friends feel embarrassed or uncomfortable about going to get period products from the library, but I know it’s nothing to be embarrassed about so I just fetch the pads for other pupils when they need them. Sabiha Ali, 15, is tackling the stigma surrounding periods in many Asian households, as well as becoming a ‘period champion’ at school to help friends access period products
“We have had demonstrations about how to put condoms on and stuff like that, but we have never been told. The only time I remember being told anything about tampons was when a teacher got a tampon in class and put it in water to show how it expands, but that was it. We were not taught how to put them in by anyone, especially at school.
Sabiha was asked to do a presentation at school on any topic of her choosing and she decided to talk about periods and the lack of access to products, as well as suggesting changes the school could make to make things better for girls., which campaigns for period equality. She joined other young activists and organisations to push for change to tackle period inequalities and shame.
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