Women are forced to strip naked to show if they are on their period at a Kenyan cheese factory after a worker dumped a used sanitary napkin in the wrong bin
- A director forced the women to undress. Since then she has been suspended
Women working at a cheese factory in Kenya were forced to undress to show if they had their periods.
A manager at Brown’s Food Company rounded up female workers to find out which one of them had thrown a used sanitary napkin in the wrong bin and forced them to strip naked after no one confessed.
It has been suspended pending investigation and three people have been arrested on charges of indecent assault, Limuru police told local media.
In a statement, Brown’s Food Company said: “As a result of the shocking incident at the company, we have launched internal investigations to assess exactly what happened, why, and how we can properly reconcile with the employees who were affected by this distressing unilateral decision by the company. manger who were at the scene on the day of the incident, they were immediately suspended.
A manager at Brown’s Food Company gathered workers to find out which one of them had thrown a used sanitary napkin in the wrong bin.
Senator Gloria Orwoba, who advocates eliminating period shaming, said she was told about the incident Monday night during a “distress call.”
Brown’s Food Company (pictured) said the manager was fired immediately after the incident became known.
‘We are collaborating directly with Senator Gloria Orwoba, known for championing Menstrual Hygiene Management and ending period shame and poverty in Kenya, to learn from her how best to implement a Menstrual Hygiene Management policy. . We’ve been listening and we know we need to do better.’
In a video posted online, Senator Gloria Orwoba said she was told about the incident Monday night during a “distress call.”
She said: ‘[A manager] I had found a used sanitary napkin in one of the bins, and from what I gather, that dumpster was not intended for sanitary napkin disposal. [She] I needed to find out who was on their period so I could punish the person who dumped the pad in that bin.’
Police said officers “carried out a thorough investigation and recorded the statements of the victims before arresting three suspects,” according to the BBC.
They also claimed that incidents similar to this had previously occurred inside businesses in the Limuru area.
‘We have reliably deduced that the demeaning and shameful vice has been going on for a long time. I want to warn those employers that justice will soon be served for all their victims,” said local police chief Philip Mwania.
Period shaming is an increasingly tense topic in Kenya.
In 2019, a 14-year-old girl took her own life after being humiliated in front of her class for having her period.
Her mother said a teacher called her “dirty” for soiling her uniform and ordered her to leave class in Kabiangek, west of the capital Nairobi.
I had nothing to use as a pad. When her blood stained her clothes, they told her to leave the classroom and stay outside,” her mother told Kenyan media.
She said her daughter came home and told her mother what had happened, but then when she went to get water, she took her own life.
In February this year, Senator Orwoba was told to leave parliament because she had a bloodstain on her pants.
She noticed the brand before the shoot began, but “since I always stand up for period shaming, I thought I should go ahead and lead by example,” she said.
Some MPs, including another senator, complained, saying it was a “disgrace” and that he was disrespecting others.
Senator Enoch Wambua said: “We have wives and daughters, and they go through these cycles, but it’s a matter that needs to be handled personally without exposing it to other people.” What Sen Gloria has done to this house is a shame, it is a great shame for this house.
“This must not be allowed to happen,” he was quoted as saying by the BBC.
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