{"id":115758,"date":"2025-05-29T08:04:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T08:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/05\/29\/senator-orwoba-distributes-sanitary-pads-in-kisii-renews-push-for-free-menstrual-products-on-hygiene-day\/"},"modified":"2025-05-29T08:04:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T08:04:14","slug":"senator-orwoba-distributes-sanitary-pads-in-kisii-renews-push-for-free-menstrual-products-on-hygiene-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/senator-orwoba-distributes-sanitary-pads-in-kisii-renews-push-for-free-menstrual-products-on-hygiene-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Orwoba Distributes Sanitary Pads in Kisii, Renews Push for Free Menstrual Products on Hygiene Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kisii, Kenya May 29 \u2013<\/strong> As the world marked World Menstrual Hygiene Day, nominated Senator Gloria Orwoba brought relief to thousands of women and girls in Bobasi Constituency, Kisii County, by distributing sanitary pads as part of a wider campaign for menstrual equity.<\/p>\n<p>Orwoba, a vocal advocate for free sanitary products for girls and women in Kenya, traversed the constituency to personally hand out the pads. <\/p>\n<p>The initiative, by the Senator who was kicked out from the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party, is aimed at raising awareness and support efforts toward a world where menstruation is not a barrier to education, health, or women\u2019s empowerment.<\/p>\n<p>Aligned with this year\u2019s theme, <em>\u201cTogether for a Period-Friendly World,\u201d<\/em> the senator also educated recipients on proper menstrual hygiene and environmentally friendly disposal of sanitary products.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need a country where everyone has equal access to menstrual products like sanitary towels, free menstrual education, and where stigma and taboos around menstruation are eliminated,\u201d said Senator Orwoba.<\/p>\n<p>She noted that the day\u2019s activities reflect Kenya\u2019s broader commitment to ensure that menstruation does not hinder equality, particularly for girls from marginalised communities.<\/p>\n<p>In her sessions, the senator explained the importance of understanding the menstrual cycle, health and hygiene practices, and the safe use and disposal of sanitary pads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery month, at least two billion people globally bleed, but not everyone talks about it or manages it with dignity. That\u2019s why we are here\u2014to shine a spotlight on menstrual health, because this is about our wellbeing,\u201d Orwoba said.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Orwoba has been at the forefront of calls for government action to provide free menstrual products, especially to schoolgirls, in order to curb period poverty and boost school attendance.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kisii, Kenya May 29 \u2013 As the world marked World Menstrual Hygiene Day, nominated Senator Gloria Orwoba brought relief to thousands of women and girls in Bobasi Constituency, Kisii County, by distributing sanitary pads as part of a wider campaign for menstrual equity. Orwoba, a vocal advocate for free sanitary products for girls and women [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115758\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}