Crouched inside her makeshift tent at a camp in Rafah, Samah El-Nazli fidgets as she recalls what her living conditions have been like since the war began. The mother of four is among millions of Gazans struggling to access food, water and sanitation in the overcrowded camp after losing their own homes in the strip.
“There’s no way to keep clean, there’s no way to be comfortable — we’re living a completely destroyed life,” she said.
Many women and girls living in the strip have opted to start taking birth control as a way to stop their periods as the conflict nears its eighth month.
El-Nazli, 34, said she tried everything to manage her cycle — from adult diapers to dirty cloth — before seeking out medication to stop her period altogether.
“None of these things are good,” she said in an interview while she reorganized the pots and pans lining the nylon walls of her tent.
The period will eventually push through.
Tho I’d say the main reason all women of the world don’t use it is because birth control has side effects that can be very severe. Think mood swing that leave the person suicidal. A lot of the less severe side effects might still not be worth it depending how bad the period would be. It might be painful, but just for 4-7 days, whereas birth control side effects are 24/7.
I see, thanks for the information!
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