Ich kenne schon viele Hürden in der Mädchen- und Frauenbildung

– jetzt finde ich zufällig eine mir ganz neue!

KANYIKE, Florence/AKANKWASA, Dorothy/KARUNGI, Christine:

Menstruation as a barrier to gender equality in Uganda

“Puberty can have a severe effect on girls’ performance and attendance in upper primary schools in Uganda. In many schools, girls between the ages of 11 and 14 are absent for an average of three to five days a month due to their menstrual period. Attendance is undermined because girls do not have access to adequate protection such as sanitary towels or pads. For some subjects – such as maths and science – the result of such regular absenteeism can be devastating as girls miss out on vital stages of the syllabus, resulting in gaps in the learning stages, which they find hard to catch up on later. …

Where men most often control the household budget, how can girls succeed in getting sanitary materials on the priority list?”

In: insights education. DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH, September 2004, id21