I am not at all happy about disposable pads being the only solution they are willing to come up with. What about the environment? I mean who is really going to be here to care what they use for their periods when the world has died and theres no one left? all of the extra carbon being added to the atmosphere by them making disposable pads is only going to make it happen sooner. They are trying to solve one problem while ignoring another that is more important-global warming.
I do agree that it sounds like someone is going to benefiting monetarily by this…half of the things that have been said have already been discounted by a woman that actually lived there.
I am not impressed at all, yet I still feel pity for these women.

I am a girl who grew up in zim and was there only a few months ago. I think the monocups are the best way forward and are a more practical solution to the problem. Women in Zimbabwe still clean their bodies daily!

I think what- However I am actually for the idea of using mooncups, it may be a better solution since you wouldn’t need to empty or wash it that often, as opposed to other methods.”
meant was it is not every day but for a short period every month.

If there is not enough sanitation to clean a little cup, there probably isn’t enough to clear up all the disposable towels!

I don’t know who ZCTU are asking but the average woman in zimbabwe wants a workable solution. Don’t spend thousands of dollars on pads to last everyone a few months then run out of sponsors.

Did women really use husks??? I don’t think young unmarried woman in our old civilisation would have??!! Please can you verify this information before stating it as fact. It just doesn’t sound probable. A lady suggested glad rags as well, that sounded like a good idea too. Why aren’t people trying to really explore the feasibility of these other options? It is beginning to sound like a zimbabwean business person trying to profit from this situation rather than come up with the absolute solution.

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In other words, not much of an option for a woman trying to keep her job or a girl trying to stay in school. I bet it could even increase someone’s risk of AIDS (if you can’t get or keep a job and instead depend on your husband for food, you can’t afford to leave if he brings home HIV…).

“However I am actually for the idea of using mooncups, it may be a better solution since you wouldn’t need to empty or wash it that often, as opposed to other methods.”

Wouldn’t that also depend on personal comfort levels?

When I got my first period I was definitely more comfortable with pads than with the idea of sticking my whole hand in my vagina. Fortunately, nobody pressured me to do that. Nobody should pressure Zimbabwean kids to do that either, even if they did already get their first periods.

“Someone suggested riverting to the old ways. I grew up in Zimbabwe and never had to use maize cobs, and can’t imagine anyone in the 1st world using that, so let’s be reasonable.”

Also, what about urban residents? I live in a city and not enough leaves and corn husks grow here to soak up everyone’s periods, I wouldn’t be surprised if that applies to cities in Zimbabwe too.

Have posted on all!

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Rev M S Hove