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Theresa Nyava Quotes

born 1994

Theresa Farai Nyava (born 1991) in a family of five girls from a peasant family in the rural district of Zvimba, in Zimbabwe. Her parents struggled to meet the basic necessities for her and other family members and failed to meet her sanitary needs.

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I envision a Zimbabwe where all girls and women can access adequate menstrual products, in an environment that is period-conducive and be treated with dignity in order for them to manage their periods in a manner that fosters human and sustainable development.

A nation without period poverty and a nation that provides equal opportunities for girls and women to succeed in all aspects

A girl who is absent from school due to menstruation for four days every month loses at least 40 learning days...It’s like not going to school for half of a school term.

Female reproductive organs are hidden parts of the body, located down there. But that should not mean that issues affecting them should be hidden or looked down upon, or swept under garments. Let’s put menstruation on the agenda and openly discuss it to its logical conclusion.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Theresa Nyava (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.