Absorbent article

A urine-collecting insert for a diaper or an incontinence guard, said insert being sized and configured to be placed over the genital organs of a wearer and comprising a liquid permeable facing which is intended to lie closest to the wearer's body in use and comprises an inner casing layer of liquid permeable material, a liquid permeable backing consisting of a liquid permeable outer casing layer, said inner casing and outer casing layers having lateral edges and being mutually joined at said edges, and an absorbent pad interposed between said facing and backing and in direct contact with said outer casing layer in a central area of said pad, said backing having a lower liquid permeability than said facing and allowing liquid transfer from said absorbent pad through said backing progressively as the absorbent pad becomes saturated, thereby enabling liquid absorbed by the insert to spread in said absorbent pad and pass through the backing relatively slowly and in a controlled fashion.