Menstrual Hygiene Hub
Welcome to the Menstrual Hygiene Hub, your dedicated space for clarity, comfort, and confidence.
— Menstrual Equity Hub
Dignity
IN EVERY
CLASSROOM.
TESMI’s Menstrual Hygiene Hub is Lagos’s first dedicated resource centre for menstrual health education, product access, and policy advocacy in private secondary schools. No girl should miss school because of her period.
Girls lack period products at school
School days missed per cycle
Schools targeted by 2026
— About the Hub
What is the Menstrual Hygiene Hub?
A comprehensive platform that connects adolescent girls, schools, policymakers, and communities to the education, products, and policy change needed to end period poverty in Lagos.
Education & Awareness
In-school menstrual health education, teacher training, and curriculum integration advocacy across Lagos private schools.
Product Access
Free and subsidised period product distribution through our 20 trained Menstrual Rights Advocates across partner schools.
Policy Advocacy
The Menstrual Justice Charter — 5 concrete demands to Lagos State Ministry of Education for systemic, lasting change.
School Onboarding
End-to-end support for schools committing to menstrual dignity: WASH audit, staff briefing, and policy implementation.
— The Reality in Lagos
The Numbers Demand Action
Menstrual poverty is not a personal problem — it is a systemic failure. These statistics from TESMI’s Bleeding in Silence report make the case for immediate policy intervention.
78%
Girls lack period products at school
3–5
School days missed every cycle
62%
Report period-related stigma from peers
89%
Schools lack dedicated MH facilities
An adolescent girl starts her first period during a class exam. With no pads, no private toilet, and no one to ask — she leaves school and never returns that term.
Missed school days compound. Without intervention, the academic gap widens each cycle. Girls in the bottom income brackets drop out entirely — not due to lack of ability, but lack of a pad.
An adolescent girl starts her first period during a class exam. With no pads, no private toilet, and no one to ask — she leaves school and never returns that term.
The Menstrual Hygiene Hub was built to interrupt this cycle — deploying MRAs, distributing products, training staff, and pushing the Menstrual Justice Charter into law.
—What We Do
Hub Programmes
Six interconnected programmes that together create a complete ecosystem for menstrual dignity in Lagos schools.
Bleeding in Silence — Research Report
TESMI's landmark school-based survey documenting menstrual hygiene conditions in 4 schools in Lagos and Oguin State private schools. The evidence base for all policy demands.
Mentrual Rights Advocates
20 trained Menstrual Rights Advocates embedded in Lagos private schools — distributing products, providing peer education, and documenting violations.
Menstrual Justice Charter
Five concrete policy demands submitted to Lagos State Ministry of Education. Co-developed with 100 adolescent girls across 3 senatorial districts.
Girls' Policy Forum
Annual co-design summit where adolescent girls develop policy language, debate school rights, and present directly to policymakers and school leaders.
WASH Assessment Programme
School-by-school WASH audits evaluating toilet access, disposal facilities, and hygiene infrastructure — published as scorecards for school accountability.
#BleedWithDignity Campaign
Multi-platform campaign driving public awareness through data tiles, girl testimonials, press coverage, radio spots, and social media activations across Lagos.
— Policy demand
The Menstrual Justice Charter
Co-developed by 100 adolescent girls across Lagos. Five non-negotiable demands submitted to the Lagos State Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education. Add your school’s signature.
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— Our People
Menstrual Rights Advocates
20 trained young women embedded in Lagos private schools — the frontline of TESMI’s programme. They distribute products, educate peers, document violations, and carry the movement into every classroom.
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MRAs Active Across Lagos State
Each MRA undergoes a 3-day residential training covering menstrual health science, advocacy skills, product distribution protocols, and documentation procedures.
MRA · Lagos Island District
Adaeze O., 19
"I was that girl who missed exams because of her period. Now I make sure no one in my school goes through that alone."
MRA · Surulere District
Fatimah B., 21 "The most powerful moment is watching a girl realise she doesn't have to hide. That's what TESMI gives us — permission to talk about it."
MRA · Kosofe District
Chiamaka E., 20 "I distributed 200 pads last term. But the real work is sitting with a girl after she's been mocked and saying — your body is not a problem."
MRA · Alimosho District
Taiwo A., 22 "When I filed my first incident report on a school refusing to let a girl change her pad — that's when I understood what advocacy really means."
Our Flagship Campaign
CENTERING GIRLS' VOICES
Project #BleedWithDignity — formally titled “Centering Girls’ Voices for Menstrual Policy Reform in Lagos” — is a 24-month advocacy campaign funded by AmplifyChange (Grant Ref: R-202506-34752), running 2025–2027.
Grounded in our landmark “Bleeding in Silence” survey of 1,500 girls across 15 schools, we are driving concrete MHH policy reform in Lagos State private secondary schools — demanding infrastructure, education, and dignity.
“Menstruation is not a privilege. Every girl deserves to learn without shame, without missing school, and without being forced to choose between dignity and education.” Project #BleedWithDignity Manifesto
Empowering Young Minds. Building Brighter Futures.
Get in touch with us
- 22 Owolabi Shokale Street Ikorodu Lagos Nigeria
- +234 903 167 7200, +234 814 459 7773
- tesminigeria@gmail.com, Info@tesminigeria.org