Cameroon: Addressing menstrual hygiene challenges for girls

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Cameroon is one of the African countries still struggling to make progress in menstrual hygiene. So how is Cameroon hoping to give hope to many schoolgirls struggling with menstrual hygiene? DW’s Josephine Mahachi speaks to Bright Masanga, a female student and Clotilda Andiensa Waah, CEO of the Center for Advocacy in Gender Equality and Action for Development, a gender activist, in Cameroon.
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