Empirical data discovered through focus group interviews
Kenya - 2022
156 women interviewed - 4 Locations
Kawangware, Kibera, Rongai, Africa Nazarene University
94.7 % of interviewees personally know women and girls who trade sex for pads.
“Your vagina is your bank. It’s so painful. It’s discouraging. I want to tell men to help girls but not take advantage of girls. Don’t ask for sex.”
“Periods reach every household”
“Can it be mandatory for every child to access a pad?”
“I sometimes share one pad with my sister each menses”
“If the government can give books, can’t they give pads?”
“Can girls have priority over condoms?”
Products used for managing blood:
rags, old clothes, blankets
mattress filling
toilet paper
tampons, pads, cotton wool
