How this woman is challenging the cultural stigma around periods
Mekelle, Ethiopia When Freweini Mebrahtu got her period at age 13, she panicked.
"I was terrified," she said."And I remembered that it's actually a curse to have a period ... or that it meant I am ready to be married, or I'm being bad."Like most girls in northern Ethiopia, she suffered in silence, never mentioning it to her mother or sisters. With no access to sanitary products, she coped by using rags.Attitudes about menstruation are changing.
CNN Heroes: By women, for women 02:49Mebrahtu believes no girl should miss school because of her period. In 2005, she designed and patented a reusable menstrual pad. Today, she and her team produce 750,000 pads a year at her Mariam Seba Sanitary Products Factory, named for her daughter. Since 2009, nearly 800,000 girls and women have benefited from her work. Traditionally, girls have used rags or dry grasses to deal with their period.
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