Why girls drop out of school (The Nation) NAIROBI, Kenya – The enrollment ledgers at schools across our country tell a story. Among young students, the ratio of boys to girls is nearly equal, but as age increases girl enrollment decreases.
We know many of the reasons for this: pregnancy, early marriages, poverty — even the lack of “girls-only” latrines. New research on behalf of our institutions — the Great Lakes University of Kisumu, Emory University’s Centre for Global Safe Water, CARE International and Water.org — reveals that there is another barrier: menstruation.
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