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In her compelling op-ed, “Transforming Menstrual Health into Economic Power,”Fenny Louise Taylor, 2024-2025 Impact West Africa Fellow, highlights how period poverty in Liberia affects women’s health, education, and income—citing stories of girls like Kema and Bendu who miss school due to lack of access to affordable menstrual products. She urges stakeholders to recognize menstrual health not as a side issue, but as a national economic and dignity imperative. “Let’s meet this moment with the urgency it deserves and the belief that Liberian women and girls deserve more than makeshift solutions. They deserve momentum. They deserve investment. And they deserve dignity.” Read her full piece.
