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Photo exhibition shows the struggle of menstruation in informal settlements

15 women from Khayelitsha marked World Menstrual Hygiene Day

Neliswa Kani presents her photograph of her son and niece in her shack in BM Section informal settlement in Khayelitsha. She says her niece has no privacy when she is on her period. Photos: Mary-Anne Gontsana

About 15 women from BM Section informal settlement in Khayelitsha used disposable cameras to document their menstrual struggles over an eight-month period.
They presented their photographs at a World Menstrual Hygiene Day at the University of the Western Cape’s School of Public Health on Thursday.
The exhibition is part of the Caring for the Other Half project, which explores menstrual health in urban informal settlements.

To mark World Menstrual Hygiene Day, a group of women from BM Section informal settlement in Khayelitsha presented a…

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