A personal hygiene absorbent article having a front side, a back side, a longitudinal axis notionally extending in a longitudinal direction from the middle of the front side to the middle of the back side, the article having a length measured along the longitudinal axis, the article notionally having a front region having a length of one third of the length of the article, a back region having a length of one third of the length of the article, and a crotch region between the front region and back region having a length of the remaining third of the length the article; the absorbent article comprising a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, a pair of fastening tapes disposed symmetrically on each side of the longitudinal axis in the back region, wherein the fastening tapes can be releasably fastened to a landing zone in the front region of the article to form a closed article having a waist opening and two leg openings; and an absorbent core between the topsheet and the backsheet, wherein the absorbent core comprises an absorbent material layer between an upper substrate layer and a lower substrate layer; the absorbent layer comprising: i) at least one crotch channel (26, 26', 26", 26′′′) substantially free of absorbent material and predominantly disposed in the crotch region of the article; wherein the upper substrate layer and the lower substrate layer are bonded to each other through the crotch channel by a crotch channel bond having a crotch channel bond strength; ii) at least one front channel (56, 56') substantially free of absorbent material and predominantly disposed in the front region of the article, the front channel being at least partially superposed with the landing zone; wherein the upper substrate layer and the lower substrate layer are either not bonded to each other through the front channel or are bonded to each other through the front channel by a front channel bond having a front channel bond strength, wherein the front channel bond strength is weaker than the crotch channel bond strength. the absorbent article comprising a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, a pair of fastening tapes disposed symmetrically on each side of the longitudinal axis in the back region, wherein the fastening tapes can be releasably fastened to a landing zone in the front region of the article to form a closed article having a waist opening and two leg openings; and an absorbent core between the topsheet and the backsheet, wherein the absorbent core comprises an absorbent material layer between an upper substrate layer and a lower substrate layer; the absorbent layer comprising: i) at least one crotch channel (26, 26', 26", 26′′′) substantially free of absorbent material and predominantly disposed in the crotch region of the article; wherein the upper substrate layer and the lower substrate layer are bonded to each other through the crotch channel by a crotch channel bond having a crotch channel bond strength; ii) at least one front channel (56, 56') substantially free of absorbent material and predominantly disposed in the front region of the article, the front channel being at least partially superposed with the landing zone; wherein the upper substrate layer and the lower substrate layer are either not bonded to each other through the front channel or are bonded to each other through the front channel by a front channel bond having a front channel bond strength, wherein the front channel bond strength is weaker than the crotch channel bond strength. i) at least one crotch channel (26, 26', 26", 26′′′) substantially free of absorbent material and predominantly disposed in the crotch region of the article; wherein the upper substrate layer and the lower substrate layer are bonded to each other through the crotch channel by a crotch channel bond having a crotch channel bond strength; ii) at least one front channel (56, 56') substantially free of absorbent material and predominantly disposed in the front region of the article, the front channel being at least partially superposed with the landing zone; wherein the upper substrate layer and the lower substrate layer are either not bonded to each other through the front channel or are bonded to each other through the front channel by a front channel bond having a front channel bond strength, wherein the front channel bond strength is weaker than the crotch channel bond strength.