Menstruation is OK: from taboo to acceptance
Katherine Caballa, 11, is a Grade VI student at Mapanas Central Elementary School. She was 9 years old when she had her menarche or first menstruation. “We were playing at my friend’s house when I felt something and saw that I had blood,” says Katherine. “I immediately went home and told my mom. I asked her what was happening to me.” Being only 9…