As per the Global Goals (SDG 4- 4.1), Plan International has been strategically supporting girls' secondary education and working to eliminate the barriers that hinder one of the significant barriers that Plan International Tanzania identified was a lack of support for Burundian refugee girls during their menstruation. This was seen as a contributor to both girls missing several days of school per month or dropping out altogether. Female students don't have adequate facilities to wash themselves during their menstruation cycle, and that they use old clothes to stop the flow. In addition, they don't have adequate space in which to change or wash their clothes, and, because of these difficulties, they felt it too challenging to attend school during menstruation.
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