Data Gordon 🇸🇸

Advocate - reproductive health & rights, Ambassador for HIV awareness. ED @Men4Womenss, Initiator of Condomize & Don’t Compromize, President of @YepsAfrica

[Data Gordon 🇸🇸 @IamDataGordon]

@ACRA_SouthSudan To fellow men and boys, let us become allies and champions for menstrual dignity. Supporting menstrual hygiene is not only a women’s issue. It is a community and development issue.
Together, we can create a South Sudan where no girl is left behind because of her period.

[Data Gordon 🇸🇸 @IamDataGordon]

@ACRA_SouthSudan Government institutions, development partners, communities, and families must prioritize menstrual health by improving access to sanitary products, clean water, safe sanitation facilities, and accurate information. Menstrual leave esp on the day of severe cramps shd be granted

[Data Gordon 🇸🇸 @IamDataGordon]

@ACRA_SouthSudan My call to action is simple: let us normalize conversations around menstruation and invest in the dignity of women and girls in South Sudan.

[Data Gordon 🇸🇸 @IamDataGordon]

@ACRA_SouthSudan Improving MHM requires collective action from everyone. The government should lead by availing of a national MHM Policy while the rest of us play our respective roles and responsibilities

[Data Gordon 🇸🇸 @IamDataGordon]

@ACRA_SouthSudan For sustainability and to tackle the stigmatiser (us men), male engagement is especially important because men often influence household decisions and community attitudes.

[Data Gordon 🇸🇸 @IamDataGordon]

@ACRA_SouthSudan On another note, communities, including men and boys, religious leaders, teachers, and parents, must challenge stigma and support open discussions about menstruation, PERIOD!

[Data Gordon 🇸🇸 @IamDataGordon]

@ACRA_SouthSudan NGOs play an important role in awareness creation, distribution of menstrual products, training, advocacy, and supporting schools and communities with MHM services and education.

[Data Gordon 🇸🇸 @IamDataGordon]

@ACRA_SouthSudan The gov't has a responsibility to invest in WASH infrastructure, integrate menstrual health into schools and health systems, and ensure menstrual products are affordable and accessible, especially in rural communities.

[Data Gordon 🇸🇸 @IamDataGordon]

@ACRA_SouthSudan Good menstrual hygiene management also supports mental well-being and self-esteem. No girl should be forced to miss school, stay isolated, or feel ashamed simply because of menstruation.

We're all a product of a missed period.

[Data Gordon 🇸🇸 @IamDataGordon]

@ACRA_SouthSudan When girls have access to sanitary pads, clean water, soap, and safe toilets, they are more likely to stay in school, participate confidently in community life, and avoid infections and health complications.

[Data Gordon 🇸🇸 @IamDataGordon]

@ACRA_SouthSudan Access to affordable menstrual products & proper WASH facilities is a matter of dignity, health, education, & human rights.

[Data Gordon 🇸🇸 @IamDataGordon]

@ACRA_SouthSudan This is a very valid question. Human dignity is very important and because of that, I believe in the following

[Data Gordon 🇸🇸 @IamDataGordon]

@ACRA_SouthSudan Some women/girls also lack accurate info about menstrual health due to silence & shame around the topic

As male champions, we must help break these taboos & create supportive environments where menstruation is treated as a normal biological process, not something to be hidden

[Data Gordon 🇸🇸 @IamDataGordon]

@ACRA_SouthSudan These include limited access to affordable sanitary pads, lack of clean water & sanitation facilities, poverty, stigma, & harmful cultural beliefs surrounding menstruation

In many rural areas, girls miss school during their periods coz they do not have menstrual products.

[Data Gordon 🇸🇸 @IamDataGordon]

@ACRA_SouthSudan Women and girls in South Sudan face many challenges in managing menstruation safely and with dignity.
#MHM26 #SouthSudan

[Data Gordon 🇸🇸 @IamDataGordon]

@ACRA_SouthSudan @nunu_diana @GirlsSs255South One aspect of menstruation I am passionate about is breaking the stigma and silence through male engagement, so that girls and women can manage their periods with dignity, confidence, and access to accurate information and essential services.

[Data Gordon 🇸🇸 @IamDataGordon]

@ACRA_SouthSudan @nunu_diana @GirlsSs255South Thanks for having me. I’m Data Gordon, Executive Director of Men4Women, advancing GBV prevention, SRHR, HIV awareness, and safeguarding in South Sudan through male engagement.

[Data Gordon 🇸🇸 @IamDataGordon]

@ACRA_SouthSudan @nunu_diana @GirlsSs255South @UNFPASouthSudan Looking forward 👌

[ACRA South Sudan @ACRA_SouthSudan]

Our X chat starts soon.

Come let us learn together.

Let’s break the silence around menstruation. Discuss access, stigma and solutions that actually works for #SouthSudan.

See you at 7pm CAT ✊

#MHDay2026
#PeriodFriendlySouthSudan
#MenstrualHealthMatters
#EndPeriodPoverty

[ACRA South Sudan @ACRA_SouthSudan]

To commemorate the MH Day, please join us tomorrow for our X Chat on Menstrual Health Matters in South Sudan from 7–8 PM CAT.

We will be joined by a great panel of experts @nunu_diana ,@IamDataGordon , and @GirlsSs255South

Let’s break the silence and build a period-friendly South Sudan together✊

#MHMDay #PeriodFriendlySouthSudan