16 Oct 2018

Taking menstrual cups to Boko Haram victims

From Nine To Noon, 9:41 am on 16 October 2018
Displaced Nigerian women queuing for NZ donated goods. Maiduguri, 2016

Displaced Nigerian women queuing for NZ donated goods. Maiduguri, 2016 Photo: Denise Ritchie

Denise Ritchie is the founder of "Stop Demand" an Auckland based charity which addresses rape in war and sexual slavery. She's returning to the north east of Nigeria to distribute menstrual cups .

The Boko Haram conflict in Nigeria has seen a million innocent women and girls displaced. No longer having resources, many must resort to desperate measures when they have their period. It's not the first time Denise has been to Nigeria. In 2016 she met with Boko Haram members and the family of one of the Chibok girls.

She talks to Lynn Freeman

If you'd like to support Stop Demand, the cause has a givealittle page.