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Menstrual cups are helping Kenyan girls stay in school

Menstrual cups - an alternative to sanitary towels or tampons - are transforming the lives of teenage girls in Kenya. Girls at Luri Secondary school who couldn鈥檛 afford sanitary protection used cloths and worried about leakage. Others had 鈥渂oyfriends鈥 who would buy them pads - in return for sex. Now they have been given menstrual cups, they can stay in school to finish their education.

(Image: Young school girl, Credit: Getty Images.)

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