KAMPALA, May 29( Xinhua)--In many poverty-stricken areas in Uganda, teenage girls skip classes during the menstrual cycle because they cannot afford sanitary pads. The absenteeism results in poor performance which affects their self-esteem and eventually drop out of school, according to the ministry of education.In Kalerwe, a slum area on the outskirts of the capital Kampala, Joanna Atukunda, 29, is determined to change the narrative. Atukunda told Xinhua that step by step, girls from poor famil
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