Caring Hands

In the second quarter of 2022 it constituted 18% of the country's GDP. However, the ICT sector remains dominated by men with very few women able to participate.

This year's International Women’s Day globally celebrates the women and girls who are championing the advancement of transformative technology and digital education. It also draws attention to the ge see gaps in digital and innovative technologies, and the importance of protecting of protecting women and girls from online and ICT related gender-based violence.

This year's theme is "DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality”.

"The pads shared with us will ease off the December - January burden of buying pad", we were told.

Lack of menstrual health information or products, and lack of s*x education is fueling gender based violence and teenage pregnancies. Nigeria currently has one of the worst s*xual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) globally.

Those in rural communities suffer more as they practically have no information and product access resulting to a lot of SRHR issues.

This December, 46 girls and 2 young women were made more knowledgeable about s*xual and reproductive health, teenage pregnancy, menstrual hygiene, and gender based violence. They were also gifted with a sanitary pad, each. We supported Equity Watch Initiative in Ajuona Obukpa - Nsukka, Enugu State, to make this possible.

Many of them had never participated in any discussions regarding menstruation or s*x education. They resolved to take the conversation home and share with their family members. It was also their first time of sharing this type of conversation among themselves and it created a kind of bond amongst them. Some of them were receiving pads for free for the first time too.

They were willing to join in future programs and resolved to become ambassadors in educating others about SRHR. There is a need to focus more attention in rural communities, in sharing information about menstrual health. On our part, we intend to provide more lasting solutions to the women and girls with reusable menstrual products.

Photos from our support to Equity Watch Initiative's International Day of the Girl - 11 October 2022 in Enugu State. During the menstrual hygiene awareness, we provided sanitary pads to 50 secondary school girls from University of Nigeria Secondary School Nsukka, Comprehensive Secondary School Edem Ani and Community Secondary School, Obollo Etiti.

We are happy we put smiles on their faces💕