Breaking the Cycle. Evaluating Period Poverty Policies and Their Impact on Girls' Education

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2025 in the subject Politics - Region: Africa, grade: 8,5, , language: English, abstract: This thesis investigates the extent to which national menstrual health management (MHM) policies in Kenya and South Africa reduce educational inequality for menstruating pupils. Guided by the Capabilities Approach and Sommer's Theory of Change, the study evaluates whether policy ...