Self-love Foundation, an Obuasi-based non-governmental organization, has asked for laws on menstruation to protect women from prejudice in society.
According to the organization, the female child has been harmed by a lack of bathing facilities and adequate methods for managing menstruation hygiene.
Teasing, marginalization, and humiliation associated to menstruation also violate the notion of human dignity.
"It is disturbing to learn that certain girls and women are banned from accessing certain facilities in some regions of the nation when they menstruate," Hannah Sarpong, an NGO representative, said at a sensitization workshop. It also represents a violation of their basic human rights."
The Self-Love Foundation feels that there is an urgent need to continue pushing to break down menstrual taboos.
"To put to rest misconceptions and taboos surrounding menstruation, there is a need for a shift in conversation aiming at establishing laws on menstruation as part of human rights," Madam Hannah Sarpong said. To set things right, chiefs, religious leaders, and members of Parliament must be involved in the situation."
"Making menstruation a normal fact of life by 2030," is the subject for this year's World Menstrual Hygiene Day.
To end prejudice, the Self-Love Foundation is calling for laws on menstruation.
"The organization has been at the vanguard of advocacy, which is vital in the fight to demystify questions regarding menstruation and make it a normal biological function," said Hillary Ekuoba Gyasi, the NGO's President.
Our NGO thinks that in order to make menstruation a regular part of life, people must be educated to the point where it is no longer considered taboo. We feel that ongoing education will guarantee that menstrual concerns are always handled openly."
According to the President of the Self-love Foundation, they chose to commemorate World Menstrual Hygiene Day with the people of Binsere in order to focus education on rural regions.
Miss Ekuoba Gyasi has called on the government to lower sanitary pad tariffs to make them more affordable to the least fortunate in society.
She also advocated for the use of Menstrual caps, which are both inexpensive and long-lasting.
"Parents have a responsibility to play in educating their daughters about safe menstruation," said Madam Sally Osei-Tieku, a Midwife at the AGA Health Foundation. Unfortunately, most parents shirk their obligations by entrusting menstrual hygiene instruction to just instructors. "Charity begins at home," as the saying goes, therefore parents should teach their children about menstrual hygiene."
Officials from the NGO also handed out sanitary pads to schoolgirls and Binsere residents.