InKenya, harmful traditional practices that endanger the health and lives of girls and women—such as child marriage, forced marriage, teenage pregnancy, and female genital mutilation—still persist.

Added to this is the lack of access tosafe sanitation facilities or infrastructurein schools, which, combined with families’ lack of financial resources, leads these young women to choose to stay home—especially during their menstrual periods—increasing the likelihood that they will drop out of school permanently and, as a result, face female genital mutilation, child marriage, or early pregnancy.