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Menstrual cups are helping Kenyan girls stay in school

Menstrual cups - an alternative to sanitary towels or tampons - are transforming the lives of teenage girls in Kenya. Girls at Luri Secondary school who couldn’t afford sanitary protection used cloths and worried about leakage. Others had β€œboyfriends” who would buy them pads - in return for sex. Now they have been given menstrual cups, they can stay in school to finish their education.

(Image: Young school girl, Credit: Getty Images.)

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