Menstrual Health Management – Policy Gaps, Access to Hygiene Products and Cultural Taboos

Millions of women and girls in Pakistan manage their periods under conditions that compromise their health, dignity, and safety. From flood camps and urban slums to schools and workplaces, lack of affordable menstrual products, inadequate sanitation, harmful cultural taboos, and weak policy support force menstruation into silence and hardship. This reality turns a natural biological process into a daily struggle, where women are left to cope quietly with pain, exclusion, and unmet needs that reflect deeper inequalities in governance and social priorities.