Girls education initiative launches and org on a mission to end #periodpoverty

African leaders launch the Education Plus initiative – a huge step forward for girls’ education and empowerment in Africa (UNAIDS) The leaders of 10 African countries met in #Zambia this week to launch the Education Plus initiative. This initiative seeks to reduce the number of adolescent girls who contract HIV by ensuring their right to both #secondaryeducation and reproductive education. https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/pressreleaseandstatementarchive/2022/july/20220717_continental-launch-education-plus-initiative

Meet Sasha dignity champion on a mission to end period poverty (Nation) Sasha Mbote is on a mission to end #periodpoverty. Her company, @UpendoWomen, has distributed menstrual kits and cups to over 100,000 women. In Kenya this year, they introduced the cup, which can last one woman 10 years. 

https://nation.africa/kenya/news/gender/meet-sasha-dignity-champion-on-a-mission-to-end-period-poverty-3884960

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