As part of our commitment to educating young girls in Burkina Faso on menstruation and reproductive rights, Girl Now Woman Later believes that sharing information from other associations with similar goals can further empower these girls. Our team strives to bring as much menstrual educational information to light as we can in order to provide the full extent of resources to young Burkinabé girls, especially those ages 18 years and below.
Due to the lack of menstrual education, a majority of young girls in rural areas of Burkina Faso are not properly taught what goes on in their bodies during their periods. When they do experience their periods, they often skip school due to period shaming from their communities. It is vital that our team provides them with valuable health awareness resources, such as through workshops and offering feminine products so that they are well-informed on how to properly care for themselves and not feel ashamed of their bodies in order to continue pursuing their education.
One resource that we’ve come across is the women’s health app, Flo.
As part of their multiyear prosocial initiative, Flo is extending Flo Premium for free to women in 58 countries, including Burkina Faso. For young Burkinabé women, the app’s premium features can help provide them with menstrual well-being tips and video courses to care for themselves during their periods.
Flo’s initiative just kicked off last week and has already begun granting Flo Premium to women in Burkina Faso for free. The app may allow us to maximize our efforts to advocate for reliable menstrual health literature for young women in Burkina Faso so that they can stay in school.
Flo Premium may also support our work in preventing adolescent girls from being vulnerable to child
marriages. In Burkina Faso, it has been reported that 1 in every 2 girls below the age of 18 is a child bride. As such, it is vital that our team continues to provide adolescent Burkinabé girls with the opportunity to receive an education, potentially from Flo Premium’s courses, as those who graduate with secondary education are less vulnerable to child marriages.
Click here to learn more about Flo’s social initiative.
