UDUJ:
600-1,000 Naira every month for your personal hygiene is not a lot.

I guess what the op is trying to say is that not everyone can afford it. Are you aware that some girls, especially in rural dwellings, can't afford sanitary towels? They make do with rags which exposes them to infections.

TimFisher2:


My girlfriend always use one for all the whole 4-5 days

Sometimes she do wash and keep it for another menstrual cycle next month

Wash and keep for another menstrual cycle? that's not hygienic. What kind of boyfriend are you then?
you should be covering your face in shame.

ume1000:
help her to buy sanitary pad because na Im born am

No offense intended but you sound like a pussy slave

I'm sure she gives him sex since he knows the number of sanitary pads she uses every month.

What is wrong with Nigerian men? A responsible guy won't tell the whole world that his girlfriend washes her sanitary pads so she can reuse them. If you don't see anything wrong with that, you are just as irresponsible.

Focusmind:
I feel for young girls from poor homes. Things that are supposed to be of necessity. Don't be surprise that some can't even afford tissue paper for their cycle.

There are some ghettos you see and you imagine the kind of hygiene and sanitation they will apply in their toilets. Young and adolescent girls suffers a lot in that kind of places.

One international NGO invited me to be part of team to carry out evaluation work on the effect of poverty and conflict on adolescent girls. But the location of the assignment made me not to participate even though the pay was ok.

Girls from poor background deserves monetary or in kind assistant in seeing off their cycles. Just to mention, when I was in Scotland, there was an NGO called "Capability Scotland". They support young poor girls and physically challenged adults with vouchers that they could use to buy sanitary pads and tissue paper at Tesco supermarket. The voucher can't be used to buy any other thing in the supermarket except sanitary pads. I wished an NGO in Nigeria could copy this kind of assistance.

You are right my brother. Have you heard of YAHSII? Its an NGO that caters for issues like this.

Liposure:
Menstrual pain every month. Women are trying sha

Your comments are everywhere.

Dysmenorrhoea can't be every month tho.
Some month, the cramp might be intense while the next one will be free of cramp or less.

Cladez:
Well you made a great write up and was passing information not until the end.....
what do you mean by

"" Condoms are shared free and are cheaper too and that's imbalace""

women always tend to use every opportunity to claim victim..... Condom was not made for men alone it was made to prevent pregnancy and disease for both genders.
Condoms are cheaper too because the cost of production is less when compared with a sanitary pad...

BE GUIDED.....

Condoms are distributed sometimes for free to prevent unwanted pregnancies and diseases. The same can go for sanitary towels. Women who do not practice good menstrual hygiene are exposed to infections and diseases too, which in the long run would result in ectopic pregnancies, miscarriages and even barrenness. Thus, it won't be a bad idea for sanitary towels to be provided for women, especially those in the rural settings to prevent deformative pregnancies, diseases and barrenness.

Learn to cut costs. Stay indoors and manage the flow. Just 4-5 days. Or better still, consult me!

UDUJ:


Don't mind them. Condoms that cost me about 2k and a packet can be used for only 3 rounds. Do they know how much we spend on condoms monthly? Rubbish

That is an avoidable cost, my brother. If you choose to practice abstinence, you won't spend a dime.

TimFisher2:


My girlfriend always use one for all the whole 4-5 days

Sometimes she do wash and keep it for another menstrual cycle next month

it's not possible.

Vibra:
8-10 packs of disposable pads
There are reusable pads though
The reusable pads are more economical eco friendly and hygienic

The major issue is access.
I know of a company in Minna producing it. But how can I buy pad of 800naira and delivery fee is 2,500 or 2000

O wrong na

Reusable sounds fair, but the idea of washing it and the stench is a No-No for me.

naniawini:
I don't use pads anymore. I'm not always comfortable. I use cotton wool.

Cheap and comfy.

How?

Nyamuriflathead:


I dont want to understand. Thanks
Men Use Condoms more than women. Infact when one says condoms, the first thing that comes to mind is the male condoms. Since Its a woman thread why didn't she just make reference to "female condoms"?

Pants Are Worn By Both genders to cover the genitals, but what comes to mind when one says pants in Nigeria is lingerie.
Since Pants Are equally cheap like condoms, why didn't she compare pads with pants (lingeries) for instance? Must you always use the victim and marginalization card to garner sympathy?

..

Gosh. You are truly dense in the head. You don't want to understand and I don't want to bother.

Have a restful weekend

TimFisher2:


My girlfriend always use one for all the whole 4-5 days

Sometimes she do wash and keep it for another menstrual cycle next month

Wash pad and keep keh? Now you must be joking buy if you aren't then please tell her to stop that! It's unsafe as she can have germs up her vagina that way. She should not even use less than 2 in a day sef.

Which kind wahala be this

Wetin consign us with woman pampas for this front page

The rate at which the price of that thing is climbing eh? And for someone like me with heavy flow, ill use like one and a half to two packs if care is not taken. So I now improvised.

Ask me what I now use. I only use two a day ( on heavy days) and iys very economical and keeps you dry all day8)

Elder0001:


@bolded.. Who told you condoms are free?

You people will just be making stupid gender comparisons everytime.

Condoms are free in my school's medical centre.

Elder0001:


@bolded.. Who told you condoms are free?

You people will just be making stupid gender comparisons everytime.

She isn't making gender comparison brah.
She is right. This days because of HIV education they're trying to give to the masses, on most occasions condoms are given free. If not when Always Ultra Pad producers go to these secondary schools for sensitization, when else do you see pads being shared for free?
I'd rather pads are given free to young teenage girls than for condoms to be given freely. Because, periods have been programmed to naturally occur every month.(the girl child can do nothing about it)
But a boy/man can decide whether or whether not to have sex. And in reality, most families and young girls cannot afford pad hence the use rags(which poses many health hazards to the girls concerned)

#Icomeinpeace

OgiPrincess:
I use 10-12 pads for each menstrual cycle.

They've been months where I used 14 pads

The rationale behind the question is that a pack of Always ® (I'll use Always ® for my analysis because it's the brand I use and are mostly familiar with the pricing and also it's the most popular brand in Nigeria) contains 7 pads for extra long pads and 8 pads for medium sized pads, which is clearly not enough for my cycle.

Pricing for Always ® ranges from 300-500 per a pack of 7 or 8. Because of the number of pads I'll be using, my safest bet is 2 packs of 7(extra long).

Depending on the quality and/or fragrance, I'll be needing 600-1,000 Naira every month. To me that's a lot.

How many households can afford that for their teenage daughters and mothers?

When I first started using pads I thought a pad was for one whole day(which didn't make sense to me then) but I continued to try and use one pad a day. I use the pad during the day especially if it's a school day and use rags at night... I don't even want to go into details as to my experience doing this because I still have scars in my vagina area as a result.

So most homes use rags, Which is unhygienic and unhealthy. The price of pads is high, even in all other brands still. A pack of pad should contain nothing less than 18 pads(night time and day time).

Condoms are cheaper than pads and are even given for free, that's a gross imbalance. I can't decide to not have periods anymore but sex is a choice.

How can one go about even making this heard in the appropriate quarters?

Try virony, contains about 18 pieces and its price ranges from #750-#800.

TimFisher2:


My girlfriend always use one for all the whole 4-5 days

Sometimes she do wash and keep it for another menstrual cycle next month

Ewwwwww!!!

UjuJoan2:
I don't even want to sit down and calculate how much I spend on pads monthly. I buy in bags directly from Always distributors.

I reckon that by the time my girls hit puberty I will be manufacturing pads myself.

Juliearth:





Condoms are distributed sometimes for free to prevent unwanted pregnancies and diseases. The same can go for sanitary towels. Women who do not practice good menstrual hygiene are exposed to infections and diseases too, which in the long run would result in ectopic pregnancies, miscarriages and even barrenness. Thus, it won't be a bad idea for sanitary towels to be provided for women, especially those in the rural settings to prevent deformative pregnancies, diseases and barrenness.

Condoms are distributed in the first place because they are relatively cheap compared pads. We are in an Era of feminism and Equality, so why shouldn't condoms be distributed free of charge especially since they're for d benefit of both genders? Why should we be prioritizing d menstrual flow of women since we are all equal? so women cant even stand up to the responsibilities of womanhood & they're chasing equality everywhere. How did our mothers manage their flows?

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OgiPrincess:
I use 10-12 pads for each menstrual cycle.

They've been months where I used 14 pads

The rationale behind the question is that a pack of Always ® (I'll use Always ® for my analysis because it's the brand I use and are mostly familiar with the pricing and also it's the most popular brand in Nigeria) contains 7 pads for extra long pads and 8 pads for medium sized pads, which is clearly not enough for my cycle.

Pricing for Always ® ranges from 300-500 per a pack of 7 or 8. Because of the number of pads I'll be using, my safest bet is 2 packs of 7(extra long).

Depending on the quality and/or fragrance, I'll be needing 600-1,000 Naira every month. To me that's a lot.

How many households can afford that for their teenage daughters and mothers?

When I first started using pads I thought a pad was for one whole day(which didn't make sense to me then) but I continued to try and use one pad a day. I use the pad during the day especially if it's a school day and use rags at night... I don't even want to go into details as to my experience doing this because I still have scars in my vagina area as a result.

So most homes use rags, Which is unhygienic and unhealthy. The price of pads is high, even in all other brands still. A pack of pad should contain nothing less than 18 pads(night time and day time).

Condoms are cheaper than pads and are even given for free, that's a gross imbalance. I can't decide to not have periods anymore but sex is a choice.

How can one go about even making this heard in the appropriate quarters?

This foolishness has to stop. What is the link between Condoms and sanitary pads?

You can ask for subsidy on sanitary pads without trying to equate it to sex and the subsidy condoms.

What the subsidy of condoms is trying to protect is the spread of deadly diseases.

Yes, sex is a choice, but please don't pretend that everyone in this world has control over his konji. I just came out of a thread where the guy had unprotected sex with a lady, who already warned him that she was treating an infection.

Subsidising condoms is to make it cheap and attractive to everyone and prevent the spread of diseases. Even with that someone people don't want to hear word.

If you're look for sanitary pad subsidy ask for it without equating it sex and condoms. It is just foolish when you do so.

Juliearth:




That is an avoidable cost, my brother. If you choose to practice abstinence, you won't spent a dime.

My sister abstinence is difficult o But I try as much as possible to be faithful to just one partner. I am trying

Ishilove:

Makes sense.

When your girls hit puberty go and buy shares from the company

No be small oh

12 most times cos I change frequently to avoid bar odour

Nyamuriflathead:


Why did she have to compare pads with condoms if she wasn't hyping the menstrual flow. The menstrual flow is a woman thing, u'all should manage your wahala in peace and stop trying to make everything look like a gender war. No single sympathy from me because Before the internet age our mothers have been managing their flow in peace without having to rub it on our faces to garner sympathy. If you're tired of being a woman then you can be become transgendered

lol, I just tire. You hate being a woman so much why don't you save up money that you would have used to buy pads and do a surgery to become a tranny.

Women wanting to be men with all privileges intact. That's just pure witchcraft.

Sorry I'm a man. I'm just here to read about what women goes through every month and how they take care of themselves

Juliearth:




That is an avoidable cost, my brother. If you choose to practice abstinence, you won't spent a dime.

Spare us the crap. The use of pads is an avoidable cost if women learn to cut their cloth according to their size. Our Mothers did not use pads and they were still healthy..

we can now see your feminism charade for what it is. it is selective, hypocrital and discriminatory. you want to be unequal, equal and superior when you wish. So the government should be subsidizing pads for women on what basis exactly? That they subsidize loans or houserents for Men?
It is your responsibilities to use pads. Dont Make it seem like its the responsibilties of Men, the government or charity organisations. U'all should stop crying foul and stand up to your responsibilities

Kittex7:
She always prepare her mind to use 15...lol

Don't let me hear condom from your mouth again

Concern with your concerns jhor and let we men concern with our concerns

Lol


She should use super glue
and plug up the hole