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Following the completion of a water supply project by Water For People, students are now accessing clean water. Courtesy
Health

‘Everyone Forever’: The clean water project keeping girls in school, boosting health

Tuesday, October 21, 2025
The New Times
Women

Trade ministry explains rise in sanitary pad prices

Saturday, August 30, 2025
Uterine fibroids also called leiomyomas or myomas are noncancerous growths that develop in or on the uterus. File
Health

Fibroids: A common yet overlooked women’s health issue in Rwanda

Monday, August 04, 2025
Girls with sanitary pads donated by Jeannette Kawera during their initiative to support girls from poor families to access pads in Gisagara. Courtesy

End period stigma: better menstrual hygiene for rural Rwandan schoolgirls

Monday, July 07, 2025
I matter initiative free pads donated to adolescent girls on February 14th, 2020.
Women

Why safe menstrual hygiene remains elusive for women in underserved communities

Friday, June 06, 2025
The New Times

The importance of self-breast examination in early cancer detection

Thursday, March 13, 2025
A community health worker gives instructions to a pregnant woman and her husband in Karongi. file
Health

Family planning: Essential insights for choosing the right contraception method

Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Some participants pose for a group photo at the workshop that brought together the Health Promotion Technical Working Group (T.W.G), different RBC divisions, REB, CSOs, and UN agencies. Courtesy
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FEATURED - YAhealth: Improving health access for Rwandan youth

Friday, December 27, 2024
Inside the newly inaugurated factory in Muhanga Industrial Zone. The factory will produce sanitary pads and other hygiene products. Courtesy
Women

$30m factory to boost sanitary pad production in Muhanga

Thursday, December 12, 2024
Girls in Gisagara show free pads that they got from an activist. In 2019, the Rwandan government added sanitary pads to the list of goods that are VAT exempted in a bid to ease their affordability. Photos: Courtesy
Health

Beyond the pad: Breaking barriers to menstrual health and equality

Wednesday, October 02, 2024
The weeklong campaign was aimed to raise awareness, reduce stigma, and empower women and girls to prioritize their menstrual health for better well-being, concluded on May 28 . All photos by Craish Bahizi
Featured

FEATURED: AHF, partners on campaign to lessen stigma, empower women, girls in menstrual hygiene management

Saturday, June 01, 2024
A group of singers during their performance during the campaign to raise awareness of menstrual hygiene, and curb stigma around it on Tuesday, May 21. Dan Gatsinzi
Women

Why menstrual hygiene is more than access to sanitary products

Thursday, May 23, 2024