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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orwoba",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, finally, I want to thank you for allowing me to move this Motion. I can see that we are running out of time. I will, however, do my best. I know that in the Standing Orders, the Mover of a Motion requires 20 solid minutes, but I will do what I can with the time that I have. First, I want to relay some statistics that are damning so that people can understand what we are talking about. There seems to be a lack of understanding of period of poverty. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, 65 per cent of women and girls cannot afford sanitary pads or menstrual hygiene products. Further, 50 per cent of girls between the ages of 15 and 19 years old are illiterate and, therefore, the lack of access to sanitary towels further affects their education because they are unable to stay put in school. One in four girls are married off as child brides as a way of mitigating the issue of period poverty. So, I want Members of this House who claim to have so many daughters, to imagine that one out of their four daughters is married off because of period of poverty. In addition, 10 per cent of the girls are starting menstruation as early as 11 years old. That means previously we used to have menstruation starting at a later date. However, we now have 10 per cent of our girls starting menstruation at 11 years old. Finally, the damning statistics as they are, 54 per cent of the 10 per cent of the girls who start their menstruation early do not make it academically. Due to period poverty, they stay out of school and miss a lot of days in school About a week ago, when I had my incident here, I was asked to leave the House. I want to state that this is not an issue that is only affecting women in the Senate. We have girls who stain themselves in school and because of that, they are asked to go home and change. So, they end up missing a whole day from their academic work because someone is embarrassed on their behalf."
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