Speciallady Awareness promotes menstrual hygiene and reproductive health in Ashanti Region

Elizabeth Amoaa, popularly known as Special Lady, who has been organising a series of outreach programmes across senior high schools was recently in the Ashanti Region to empower young women and promote reproductive health rights. 

Dubbed Speciallady Awareness, the recent annual outreach programmes took place at six schools in the Ashanti Region, St. Louis, J.A. Kufuor and Kumasi Wesley Girls senior high schools and the Heman Roman Catholic, Heman Methodist Model and Heman District Assembly primary schools

At the various programmes, the students received education on menstrual hygiene and reproductive health disorders.

The event was held September 24 to 27, 2024 with the aim to educate female students on the importance of menstrual hygiene and reproductive health.

The outreach sought to dispel myths surrounding menstruation and provide students with the knowledge to manage their menstrual health.

It also addressed key reproductive health topics, including early symptoms of disorders and the importance of seeking medical attention.

Who is Elizabeth Amoaa a.k.a Special Lady?

Elizabeth Amoaa who is commonly known as Special Lady is the founder of Speciallady Awareness, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) committed to promoting female reproductive health advocacy and menstrual hygiene education.

She gained recognition for openly discussing her experience with uterus didelphys, a rare biological condition where a woman is born with two wombs, two cervixes and two vaginal canals. 

This rare condition, often misunderstood and misdiagnosed, led Elizabeth Amoaa down a difficult path of numerous medical procedures, surgeries. 

Despite these challenges, Elizabeth Amoaa turned her struggle into strength, establishing Speciallady Awareness in 2017 to support women battling similar reproductive health disorders.

Her NGO, Speciallady Awareness, has been focusing on raising awareness, offering advice and creating a safe space for women dealing with various health conditions, including severe endometriosis and fibroids — both of which Elizabeth herself suffers from. 

Through education and advocacy, the organization seeks to break the stigma surrounding reproductive health, while also working to address critical issues like menstrual hygiene.