Illinois journalists chronicle period poverty in Sierra Leone

Mariatu Marley Yateh teaches a sexual & reproductive health education class for students at the Education for All school in Allentown, Sierra Leone. Yateh is the education director for the Sierra Leonean NGO Uman Tok. Elena Cleary/iPAWHN
A group of student journalists from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign traveled earlier this year to Freetown, Sierra Leone, to report on the issue of period poverty and explore grassroots efforts to address the issue. The project is part of the Illinois Partnership for African Women’s Health Narratives.
Guests:
Nour Longi
Journalist and recent graduate from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Faith Lee
Journalist and recent graduate at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign