Rights Group Sensitises Teens At Menstrual Hygiene Seminar

By Eniola Jolaoso

Menstrual hygiene was a major undertone at a health seminar in Lagos recently at which hundreds of secondary girls were in attendance.

Beat the silence. Break the stigma, and Empower the future resonated loudly at the seminar which was held by the Women’s Rights and Health Project (WRAHP), in partnership with AB Microfinance Bank, under the auspices of the Ireti Young Leadership Programme.

It provided opportunity for students in Alimosho, Ojo, and Badagry Local Government Areas to learn the facts about puberty, hygiene, menstruation and respectful peer behavior.

Schools such as Isefun Senior Secondary School, Vibrant Fields School, Kesna College Ajara, Meritland Annex, Ascension College, and King George Memorial College hosted sessions that taught students how to manage menstrual health safely and how to challenge myths and stigma.

Female students received menstrual hygiene materials to support safe management, while male students were intentionally included to build understanding and encourage supportive behavior, showing that menstrual health is a shared responsibility.

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The Executive Director, Women Rights and Health Project ( WRAHP), Bose Ironsi stressed that: “Menstrual health is not just about access to sanitary products. It is about knowledge, dignity, and changing the narrative. When both girls and boys are educated, we create safer and more inclusive school environments.”

Through interactive lessons, youth friendly tools, and safe space discussions, the initiative turned taboo into dialogue, fear into confidence, and misinformation into knowledge with the assurance that no adolescent was left behind because of their period.