UN Women, ACTED and NUSANED with support from Government of Japan inaugurate the first women-led menstrual hygiene pad production facility in Beirut

UN Women, ACTED and NUSANED with support from Government of Japan inaugurate the first women-led menstrual hygiene pad production facility in Beirut

NNA -nbsp;UN Women in partnership with Acted and local community-based organization Nusaned and with support from the Government of Japan inaugurated the lsquo;Nasma*rsquo; menstrual hygiene pad production facility in Beirut.nbsp;

UN Women and Acted supported Nusaned to launch this facility to address the growing need for affordable, high-quality menstrual hygiene products while empowering women with income-generating opportunities and fostering their voice and leadership.

At the inauguration ceremony, His Excellency Masayuki Magoshi, Ambassador of Japan to Lebanon, highlighted the significance of this initiative: ldquo;Japan has been supporting the empowerment of women across Lebanon to help them play an active role in the society and to participate in the development and growth of the countrylsquo;s economy. This successful project with UN Women and its partners falls under the scope of the Japanese Governmentrsquo;s response to the enhancement of womenrsquo;s participation in the labor market and it supported the establishment of three menstrual hygiene pad production facilities across the country, which helped combat period poverty and employ hundreds of vulnerable women from various regions.rdquo;

The event was attended by the Ambassador of Japan to Lebanon, H.E. Masayuki Magoshi, President of the National Commission for Lebanese Women (NCLW), Claudine Aoun, UN Women Representative in Lebanon, Gielan Elmessiri,