Menstrual health. (Franziska Neuhaus/ Wikimedia Comms)
World Menstrual Hygiene Day is celebrated on the 28th May, every year. The aim of this day is to change the social stigma and taboos associated with menstruation.
To create social awareness about maintaining menstrual hygiene, the WASH United, a German non-profit advocacy and education group launched Menstrual Hygiene Day in 2014.
This year’s theme for Menstrual Hygiene Day is calling for more action and investment in menstrual health and hygiene now. 30-years-old graphic designer, Orefile Malebo is taking action and making an investment in menstrual health through teaching females on social media how to make their own sanitary pads using household materials such as plastic bags, face cloth and even socks.
Healing prayer hosted by Gauteng province for the family members of the deceased. (Photo credit: Nelisiwe Msomi)
The Life Esidimeni online Memorial and Advocacy Project website was launched on Thursday, 20 May to mark Mental Health Action Day and to keep the stories of the 144 mentally ill patients who died alive.
The project was launched by the South African Depression and Anxiety Group (Sadag), Section27 and the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC). South African author and filmmaker, Harriet Perlman said that the online memorial and advocacy project would be a constant reminder to the families who lost their loved ones.
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