Feministry!

 You are beautiful just the way you are, be comfortable in your own skin, be confident and proud of who you are, your hair is beautiful. These are statements that we hear too often, so much that you would think it is true until you try to live up to the bold decision of being comfortable in your own skin. Only then will you realize that our society is not ready for that kind of boldness and confidence. A black woman being comfortable in her own skin and hair will always get the stares and comments that are not usually pleasant all the time. Personally, I was blessed with beautiful black African kinky hair and if you are from my family, it starts right from the forehead very close to the eyebrows which is something that I am usually teased about. During my days of ignorance, I used to treat my hair with chemicals not to imply that there is something wrong with putting chemical to your hair. I was under the impression that if I relax my hair then it will become soft, straight and mor...

 It is sad, how in Zimbabwe and many other African countries for a woman that poverty does not only end   with the lack of food, water and other basic commodities. Poverty stretches to women’s feminine hygiene. Period or sanitary poverty remains a challenge to many women especially for those living in rural areas.  With the economic crisis worsening everyday menstrual hygiene becomes even more difficult for girls and young women with parents who cannot afford sanitary pads or tampons. In most cases people are made to choose between food and sanitary wear with most of them choosing the latter which leaves many girls of menstruating age vulnerable. According to a study conducted by SNV Zimbabwe seventy two percent of menstruating schoolgirls do not use sanitary pads because they cannot afford them. What is even more sad is that the production of sanitary wear in Zimbabwe is very low which makes them even more expensive for the general populace.  Period poverty res...