{"id":17082,"date":"2024-03-05T05:08:12","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T05:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=17082"},"modified":"2024-03-05T05:08:13","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T05:08:13","slug":"first-lady-arya-alis-menstrual-hygiene-initiative-to-expand-nationwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/first-lady-arya-alis-menstrual-hygiene-initiative-to-expand-nationwide\/","title":{"rendered":"First Lady Arya Ali&#8217;s Menstrual Hygiene Initiative to Expand Nationwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Fabiana Mcklmon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, at a presentation held at the Umana Yana in Georgetown, First Lady Arya Ali announced the expansion of the Menstrual Hygiene Initiative, aimed at ending period poverty in Guyana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the event, First Lady Arya Ali expressed her commitment to gradually expand the initiative&#8217;s coverage as more funding becomes available. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Fabiana-First-Lady-Initiative-1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Her ultimate goal is to provide free sanitary products to every woman and girl in Guyana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mrs. Ali emphasized that Guyana is well on its way to becoming the first country in Latin America to offer sanitary products free of charge to its female population. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She believes this ambitious endeavor will position Guyana as a global leader in gender equality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of Education, Hon. Priya Manickchand, also spoke at the event, highlighting the significance of the menstrual hygiene initiative. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She noted that it has opened up conversations across generations on a topic that was once considered taboo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Fabiana-First-Lady-Initiative-2.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Manickchand expressed hope that Guyana would see a new generation openly discussing menstruation and addressing related issues sensibly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Research conducted by the Ministry of Education in 2021 revealed that more than half of the female population in secondary schools across Guyana required assistance with sanitary pads, while one-third faced challenges in accessing them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to this pressing need, the First Lady initiated the Menstrual Hygiene Initiative to combat period poverty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To date, over 32,000 high school-aged girls have received free sanitary pads through the initiative, with the number expected to rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative represents a significant step towards ensuring menstrual health and dignity for all women and girls in Guyana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Fabiana Mcklmon Today, at a presentation held at the Umana Yana in Georgetown, First Lady Arya Ali announced the expansion of the Menstrual Hygiene Initiative, aimed at ending period&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17083,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17082"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17086,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17082\/revisions\/17086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}