First period: an MHM story
This short film uses a role-reversal imagining boys and men experiencing periods to highlight the importance of openness, education and equitable access to menstrual products.
What you will find in this video
- Creative role-reversal exploring normalised, shame-free periods
- Demonstrates how normalisation improves access, reduces school absenteeism and enhances menstrual hygiene
- Contrasts imagined scenario with real challenges girls face, including stigma and period poverty
- Highlights need for affordable pads, education and supportive environments
- Calls for shifting attitudes and treating menstrual health as a basic right
