GET AHEAD: Advancing, Hygiene, Employment and Dignity

Local Production of Sanitary Pads

Location: Iraq

Host: Oxfam Iraq

Invested: Not Funded

Needed: $20,000

This pilot project aims to tackle the lack of access to sanitary towels and livelihood opportunities for displaced women and girls in camps. The solution is local disposable sanitary towels factories led and managed by women who will produce tailored disposable pads using special machines for sanitary towel production.