Africa: Ethiopian Period Equity Champion Freweini Mebrahtu Named a 2019 CNN Hero

[This is Africa] Freweini Mebrahtu is an Ethiopian chemical engineer who designed and patented a reusable menstrual pad and founded the Mariam Seba Sanitary Products factory where these are manufactured. For her work and efforts towards period equity in Ethiopia, she has been named a 2019 CNN Hero.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - Category: African Health Source Type: news