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Menstrual dignity
The project connects practical product-making with a dignified response to menstrual-health needs.
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Inawezekana Project
Safe, sustainable menstrual products help girls stay in school and participate with confidence.
LocationSumbawanga DC & Kalambo DC, Rukwa
PeriodTwo phases · through Nov 2024
StatusProject archive
About the project
Implemented in two phases, the Inawezekana Project distributed reusable sanitary pads in 12 secondary schools across Sumbawanga District Council and Kalambo District Council. It sought to strengthen menstrual-health awareness, reduce absenteeism and school dropout, and improve girls’ participation and performance by expanding access to affordable, safe and sustainable sanitary products.
The opportunity
No girl should miss school because safe menstrual products are out of reach.
Cost and limited access to menstrual products can disrupt attendance, confidence and learning. Inawezekana combined reusable-pad distribution with menstrual-health and rights awareness so that girls could manage menstruation safely and continue their education.
Project design
Connected action. Lasting change.
The project connects four mutually reinforcing areas to address the challenge as a whole.
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Sustainable access
Reusable products provide an affordable option designed for continued use.
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School participation
Better menstrual support helps reduce barriers to attendance and learning.
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Rights awareness
Girls and stakeholders receive information that supports informed, stigma-free conversations about menstruation.
How the project is delivered
Change grows through practical, locally grounded action.
Participants remain at the center of the process—building knowledge, services, skills and relationships that respond to the realities of their lives.
Participants2,000 girls: 1,500 in school and 500 out of school
DeliveryReusable-pad distribution and menstrual-health awareness
Collaboration12 secondary schools and 100 stakeholders
Intended contribution
From support today to wider choices tomorrow.
Reported results are identified clearly; other statements describe the change the project is designed to support.
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2,000 girls were reached across school and out-of-school settings.
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Reusable sanitary pads were distributed through 12 secondary schools.
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Menstrual-health and rights awareness was extended to girls and 100 stakeholders.
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The project worked toward lower absenteeism and dropout and stronger school participation.
About this project information
View resources Project information and reach figures are drawn from the PGWOCADE project brief supplied for publication. Figures are organization-reported.
Connected program area
Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights
We work to support adolescents’ girls and young women exert their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), Including their rights to make informed decisions about their bodies and have access to friendly sexual and reproductive health services such as access to correct inform, HIV&AIDS, family planning, maternal health. Through strengthening national health systems, improving social norms and advocating for policies supportive of services and rights delivery.
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