Did her obvious ethnicity and religion have anything to do with it?
“As a person from an ethnic minority background, in some communities it’s actually taboo and quite a sensitive topic to talk about, so if you’re not able to learn about these things in school, then where do you learn?” said 23-year-old Athika Ahmed.
She was among the young people across Wales involved in the design of new school resources to increase understanding of the most common women’s health conditions.
Leaflets and posters will be available to secondary schools covering menstrual health, endometriosis, pelvic health and menopause.