Rwanda: More Than Building Schools - Access to Affordable Sanitary Pads Can Help Keep Girls in School

How can countries encourage girls to attend school? Is the answer providing free textbooks or building schools closer to their homes? While these are important pieces of the puzzle, there is another issue that influences whether girls attend school: menstruation.

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