When menstruation becomes a nightmare
When Esperance Dusabe first got her periods, her grandmother, who was her guardian then, could not afford to buy sanitary towels commonly known as pads.
![A lady in the sanitary pads section of supermarket. Most women and girls still struggle to pay a minimum of RwF600 for pads. (Net photo) A lady in the sanitary pads section of supermarket. Most women and girls still struggle to pay a minimum of RwF600 for pads. (Net photo)](https://www.newtimes.co.rw/uploads/imported_images/files/main/articles/2015/06/24/1435180092A-lady-is-photographed-browsing-the-sanitary-pads-sectioon.jpg)
A lady in the sanitary pads section of supermarket. Most women and girls still struggle to pay a minimum of RwF600 for pads. (Net photo)