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Sri Lanka: How period poverty keeps girls out of school • Sri Lanka Brief

Summary by srilankabrief.org
Many girls outside cities live in families that cannot afford period products (file photo) Jeevan Ravindran in Hatton, Sri Lanka  For some girls in Sri Lanka’s hill country, getting a period means having to skip classes unless their families can find money for sanitary pads. When 14-year-old Janani gets her period, she doesn’t always make it to school. Some days, there are no sanitary pads at home, and Janani is forced to use a pad made from ol…
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srilankabrief.org broke the news in on Friday, May 16, 2025.
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