NGO inaugurates period comic initiative in Lagos schools
Women’s Rights and Health Project (WRAHP), a non-governmental organisation, has inaugurated a period comic initiative to improve menstrual health education and reduce stigma among adolescents in secondary schools across Lagos State.
WRAHP Executive Director, Ms Bose Ironsi, in Lagos on Thursday said that the initiative was inaugurated under the organisation’s Young Leadership Programme in Lagos State.
Ironsi said the comic-based initiative is expected to reach 3,000 girls and boys in four Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Lagos State, with support from Aspire Coronation Trust (ACT) Foundation, from May 2026 to April 2027.
“The Women’s Rights and Health Project (WRAHP) has begun a 12-month initiative to improve menstrual health knowledge, reduce stigma and promote gender sensitivity among adolescents in Lagos State.
“The period comic initiative: transforming menstrual health education and reducing stigma among youth aims to reach adolescent girls and boys in secondary schools across Oshodi-Isolo, Eti-Osa, Badagry and Ikorodu,” she said.
Ironsi said the sessions provided girls and boys with accurate information and encouraged positive attitudes towards menstruation, while helping them understand menstrual health as a shared responsibility for everyone in schools.
She said WRAHP engaged three schools in Badagry in October through interactive learning sessions, reaching 577 students, comprising 240 boys and 337 girls across the three participating schools in Badagry, respectively.
She said facilitators provided puberty education, explained physical and emotional changes associated with adolescence, demonstrated the proper use of sanitary pads and discussed hygienic disposal practices during the interactive learning sessions.
The executive director said the sessions involved boys in discussions to challenge harmful stereotypes, reduce menstrual stigma and foster inclusive, supportive and stigma-free school environments for all students across Lagos schools.
She said female students received sanitary kits to improve access to essential menstrual hygiene resources, while WRAHP trained 13 teachers across the three Badagry schools as Menstrual Health Management (MHM) Ambassadors.
“These teachers are equipped to act as peer educators, guide students, and conduct step-down sessions to sustain menstrual health education and ensure a supportive environment beyond the project period.
“Menstrual health is not just a girls’ issue. When boys and girls learn together, myths lose their power and schools become more supportive places for everyone,” Ironsi said.
Ironsi said involving boys was central to the initiative, adding: “That is why this initiative brings both into the conversation,” to promote inclusive menstrual health education in secondary schools across Lagos.
