Globally, approximately 52% of the female population (26% of the total population) is of reproductive age. Most of these women and girls will menstruate each month for between two and seven days.

Women and girls in rural setting and in particular girls in schools suffer most from stigma and lack of services and facilities to help them cope with the physical and psychological impacts they undergo during their menstrual periods. In spite of these issues, menstrual hygiene has been routinely ignored by professionals in the water, health and education sectors

COFAS under Hon. Elizabeth Akinyi Mökkönen therefore work with local communities to support adolescent girls and young women on managing menstrual hygiene. Our programs target parents/guardians, teachers and religious leaders and sensitize them on the sexual reproductive health rights to the adolescent girls and young women. We also donate sanitary towels to girls from families that cannot afford them