The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has donated US$50,000 worth of sanitary pads to the Menstrual Hygiene Initiative undertaken by First Lady Arya Ali to end period poverty in Guyana.
“Removing barriers to access basic sanitary products for girls allow them to exercise their reproductive rights. UNFPA is therefore pleased to support the excellent period poverty initiative of the First Lady as it addresses the right to health, dignity and gender equality,” UNFPA Liaison Officer for Guyana Adler Bynoe was quoted as saying by the Office of the First Lady during a simple handing over ceremony at State House on Thursday.
UNFPA is the United Nations’ sexual and reproductive health agency.
