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Landmark decision the result of a two-year-long digital campaign by 2019 Ton Schouten Award winner Mayuri Bhattacharjee Read more...
Government of Uganda has since 2014 intensified and set the discourse for Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM). Read more...
IRC Uganda and the Ministry of Education and Sports recently hosted a stakeholders' breakfast meeting to discuss action for improving Menstrual Health Management Read more...
Mayuri Bhattacharjee, a passionate WASH storyteller from India. Read more...
Vandaag staan we stil bij de miljoenen meisjes en vrouwen voor wie menstruatie een maandelijks drama is. Read more...
What can Uganda and other sub-Saharan African countries learn from Kenya's successful approach to improve menstrual health management? Read more...
On 28 May, the Ghana Education Services are organising an event to move menstrual hygiene management to the next level. Read more...
The 2018 International Menstrual Hygiene Day commemoration in Uganda started off with a one-day symposium in Kampala, during which actors were advised to take the MHM message to girls and women outside the school context. Read more...
Raising awareness about the socioeconomic, health and environmental context: a WASH Talk podcast. Read more...
In this episode of WASH Talk three guest speakers talk about menstrual health. Read more...
20 February 2017 you can listen to the very first episode of IRC's podcast WASH Talk. Read more...
Activities on creating awareness and busting taboos around menstrual hygiene. Read more...
1st August 2015: The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development includes hygiene in it's vision statement and as a target. Read more...
Since the first ever International Conference On MHM was hosted in Uganda in August 2014, there have been unrelenting efforts to break the silence on menstruation and address the subject more openly. Most recently, the MHM Coalition in Uganda committed to continue promoting the right of girls and... Read more...
Dutch Olympic sailor Carolijn Brouwer will launch a "Menstrual Hygiene Call to Action" at an event in Scheveningen, The Hague on 19 June 2015. Read more...
Want to make sure that girls don't miss classes during menstruation? Teach them to make and wash their own reusable sanitary pads. Read more...
Menstrual hygiene management is of critical importance for school going girls. Last week in Kampala a conference on menstrual hygiene management aimed to break the silence and move towards solutions. One of the drivers of the conference was a study undertaken by IRC and SNV Uganda. Read more...
This week, Uganda will host the first Menstrual Hygiene Management Conference in East Africa. The conference will showcase good practices and stimulate discussions on how improve menstrual hygiene management, especially in schools. Read more...
The call by women MPs in Uganda to make mandatory provision of sanitary towels for all school girls under Universal Primary Education programme demands immediate action. This measure calls for support because it is necessary that our girls do not skip classes or drop out because of poor menstrual... Read more...
Parmi les principaux engagements pris lors de la Réunion de haut niveau d'Assainissement et eau pour tous (SWA) figurent plus de 260 mesures concrètes émanant de plus de cinquante pays afin de renforcer les institutions, d'améliorer la planification et d'accroître les dépenses nationales et les... Read more...