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Today I want to speak differently and these are my words about women's personal health and hygiene.    As usual, all girls get to know this period from the age of puberty, and this is a very early period for girls because they feel pain and fatigue in the 7 days when they have their period, and you have to be careful. more than yourself    But in Afghanistan, because the economy of the people of this country is not relatively good, that's why girls in this country spend their periods with problems.       Well, in villages and cities that do not have a good economy, the girls there are forced not to use sanitary napkins.    They use pieces of cotton during their period and they do this frequently because there is a bad culture among the Afghan people that the men of the family should not know about the girls' periods and they consider it a shame. Girls can't even expose this piece to the sun after washing because no one should see it, so most girls and women get dangerous problems in their uterus, causing infection in the uterus and even death.   Because the price of a sanitary napkin in Afghanistan is 100 afghani and considering that there are many girls in the families, therefore, in villages and distant cities, it is not possible to use sanitary napkins for everyone during menstruation.   But I will try to communicate with the health organization and inform you about this issue so that they can help the girls in this field and save them from this danger. Afghan girls are really fighting for salvation in every aspect and under any conditions, both physically and healthily and socially and being in the society.   This problem of girls caused thousands of girls to give birth unsuccessfully due to uterine infection and even cause their child to die at the time of birth. And sometimes it causes the death of the fetus.
   Well, girls who get their period for the first time do not have accurate information, they should be taught in school so that they understand correctly.       When I was in school, I volunteered at the school's health office to provide information about periods and the use of sanitary for girls who are underage and have not yet had periods, and I organized a seminar for them every month. I always held meetings for them to understand more about their courses.       Because I knew that the girls in my town are shy and can't easily express this issue among their families and find information, that's why I organized a seminar for them to easily talk to me and solve problems. Tell me about yourself so I can guide them in the right direction.       I hope that health institutions will provide help and health services to Afghan girls in this regard, because they really need this help and this help will save thousands of girls and save them from the dangers of menstruation.

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