Period poverty forces schoolgirls out of classrooms

Many adolescent girls in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) say the onset of menstruation—a natural biological process—signals days of missed school, anxiety and exclusion driven by poverty and stigma. The girls spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday to mark the 2026 World Menstrual Hygiene Day. NAN […]

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