The director, AAF, Mrs Mabel Ade, made the call at a policy dialogue in commemoration of the International Menstrual Hygiene Day, themed: Bridging Widening Gender Gap in Education Through „Pad A Girl A Month“ school initiative, held in Abuja.
Menstrual Hygiene Day is an annual awareness day on May 28 to highlight the importance of good menstrual hygiene management.
Ade said AAF is an organisation that has its core objective on women empowerment, with maternal health as one of its key objective.