Union Targets 1 million Girls with Nationwide Menstrual Health Campaign
The Union Transport Alliance has launched the '1 Million Pads for 1 Million Girls' campaign in Uganda to combat period poverty. By leveraging its transport network, the alliance aims to provide sanitary products to school-going girls to reduce absenteeism and dropout rates.
Why it matters
Addressing menstrual hygiene is a key factor in improving educational outcomes and gender equality in underserved communities.
The Union Transport Alliance has launched a campaign to provide sanitary pads to one million school-going girls across Uganda.
Dubbed “1 Million Pads for 1 Million Girls,” the initiative is part of the alliance’s KILI CLEAR Campaign and is being run with The Mental Health Awareness Initiative (TMHAI).
The campaign follows the June 20 launch of Union Sanitary Pads under the KILI CLEAR brand. Union says the goal is to address period poverty, which it links to school absenteeism and dropouts. According to the alliance, one in four girls in Uganda miss school or drop out due to lack of menstrual hygiene products.
Through the drive, Union and TMHAI plan to mobilize public and private sector support to distribute one million packs of Union pads. The alliance will use its nationwide transport network to reach schools in underserved communities.
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