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Pandemic worsens pain of periods for women across the world: NGO

World A girl demonstrates how to use a reusable sanitary pad kit provided by Plan International in NigeriaÕs Borno State April 21, 2020. Nubwa Ibhrahim/Plan International/Handout via REUTERS 28 May 2020 05:41PM(Updated: 28 May 2020 05:42PM) BANGKOK: Millions of women worldwide are facing shortages of sanitary products, price hikes, and…
bubmag
May 28, 2020
Water Scarcity

Pandemic worsens pain of periods for women across the world: NGO

Asia A girl demonstrates how to use a reusable sanitary pad kit provided by Plan International in NigeriaÕs Borno State April 21, 2020. Nubwa Ibhrahim/Plan International/Handout via REUTERS 28 May 2020 03:21PM(Updated: 28 May 2020 05:42PM) BANGKOK: Millions of women worldwide are facing shortages of sanitary products, price hikes, and…
bubmag
May 28, 2020
Water Scarcity

Pandemic worsens pain of periods for women across the world: NGO

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Millions of women worldwide are facing shortages of sanitary products, price hikes, and worsened stigma while managing periods during the coronavirus pandemic, a charity warned on Thursday. A girl demonstrates how to use a reusable sanitary pad kit provided by Plan International in NigeriaÕs Borno State April…
bubmag
May 28, 2020
Water Scarcity

Nigeria, Others Urged to Retool Budgets, Enhance Agric Production

African countries need to urgently expand food reserves, keep food supply flowing and boost their agriculture budgets to avert a possible hunger pandemic, partly caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, delegates at a two-day webinar hosted by the African Development Institute (ADI) have advised. They noted that Africa must now, more…
bubmag
May 25, 2020
Water Scarcity

How Water Scarcity Adds to Women’s Burden in Northern Ghana

Achieving universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all by the year 2030 is considered fundamental in attaining the Sustainable Development Goal 6. But about 4 billion people, nearly two-thirds of the population of the world, face severe water scarcity and over 2 billion people live…
bubmag
May 18, 2020
Water Scarcity

How water scarcity adds to women’s burden in northern Ghana

Achieving universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all by the year 2030 is considered fundamental in attaining the Sustainable Development Goal 6. But about 4 billion people, nearly two-thirds of the population of the world, face severe water scarcity and over 2 billion people live…
bubmag
May 17, 2020