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Kallola 2021 poster: Period Talks and Menstrual Health & Hygiene

Kallola 2021: Period Talks and Menstrual Health & Hygiene, 19 October 2021 - 28 May 2022

Published on: 25/10/2021
An annual festival promoting children's rights in the Indian state of Odisha through short films.

Dr Amrita Bhakta in Ghana

Let’s go back to the people for good hygiene

Published on: 14/06/2021
Managing leaks of blood and beyond.

India - Assam, Activist Mayuri Bhattacharjee. Credit: Rudrani Ghosh

Sanitary napkins declared an essential flood relief item in Assam

Published on: 04/06/2021
Landmark decision the result of a two-year-long digital campaign by 2019 Ton Schouten Award winner Mayuri Bhattacharjee

Celebrating women’s leadership in WASH during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Inspirational stories about how ordinary women in India and Kenya have converted the challenges posed by COVID-19 into an opportunity to promote good...
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Sanitation products for sale in Wore Illu Woreda

Strengthening WASH businesses in Ethiopia – tariffs and taxes on sanitation products

Published on: 27/05/2021
Taxes and tariffs imposed on sanitation products significantly increase the cost of the product and affects affordability.

School children in Uganda

The situation around menstrual hygiene and health in Uganda

Published on: 26/05/2021
Government of Uganda has since 2014 intensified and set the discourse for Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM).

Situation analysis study on menstrual health and hygiene management (MHM) in Uganda

developing a National Menstrual Hygiene Management Strategic Plan. As part of the plan development processes, a situational analysis was carried out...
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Femme international

Reflections on moving menstruation from hygiene to health

Published on: 26/05/2021
Menstrual Hygiene Day, my bloody favourite day of the year.

Notes from the Global Coalition on MHM in 2019, notes by visualsensemaking.eu

New menstrual health definition to boost action

Published on: 25/05/2021
A collaboration of experts has drawn up a new definition on menstrual health to advance advocacy and coherent action.

Girl children washing hands in a school in Ghana

More action and investment in menstrual health and hygiene now!

Published on: 25/05/2021
In Ghana, 9 out of 10 girls miss school during their menses. There is urgent need for investment by government and partners to keep the girl child healthy and in school. It's time to invest in menstrual hygiene management. Now!

Young girls listening to teacher talking about menstrual hygiene in Kenya

Review policy and funding to support post-COVID teenage mothers

Published on: 08/02/2021
The deep divide between governmental health policies on menstrual hygiene and the reality on the ground during the pandemic.

Handwashing instructions in India

What’s at stake? WASH in times of COVID-19 in India

Published on: 22/10/2020
Guest blogger Srilekha Chakraborty , 2020 winner of the Ton Schouten Award, shares stories from the ground on the pandemic in India.

Srilekha Chakraborty

Announcing the 2020 Ton Schouten Awardee for WASH Storytelling

Published on: 29/05/2020
Srilekha Chakraborty uses art in her activism for women's health.

Should sanitation be taxed?

Ensuring that sanitation products and services remain affordable through favorable tax policies for consumers and manufacturers is important for...
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Kenyan school girls taking the pledge in past activitiy

Keep focus on menstrual hygiene management also during COVID-19

Published on: 08/04/2020
Continue with menstrual hygiene management (MHM) activities during COVID-19 as so much still needs to be done especially for the vulnerable.

[Video] Creating menstrual hygiene management champions

A video capturing an MHM stakeholder breakfast and exchange visit to Kenya.
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Menstrual hygiene day 2019 : Achievements and challenges in Uganda since 2014

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Daniel Karanja at the WSSCC booth during the Sanitation Conference in Kenya

Menstrual health and hygiene at the Kenya Sanitation Conference

Published on: 13/11/2019
Special children's sessions on menstrual hygiene during Sanitation Conference show need for education and information on the topic.

MP Margaret Baba Diri speaking at the breakfast meeting

MPs call for menstrual health management strategy

Published on: 04/10/2019
IRC Uganda and the Ministry of Education and Sports recently hosted a stakeholders' breakfast meeting to discuss action for improving Menstrual Health Management

Sanitation products promotion

Should sanitation be taxed?

Published on: 29/09/2019
The sanitation and hygiene challenge in Ethiopia is an important task, and daunting in scale.

A menstrual hygiene management (MHM) session at Kitale Main Women’s prison.

Menstrual hygiene management needs for perimenopausal women

Published on: 19/08/2019
Just like adolescent girls, incarcerated women - the age cohort with the highest risk of perimenopausal women - need support with menstrual hygiene management (MHM) too.

Daniel Karanja telling schoolchildren about menstrual hygiene management

It is time for action on all things menstruation

Published on: 17/06/2019
Guest blog by Kenyan menstrual hygiene management champion Daniel Karanja.

Mayuri Bhattacharjee from India with the Ton Schouten Award for WASH Storytelling

And the 2019 Ton Schouten Award goes to...

Published on: 02/06/2019
Mayuri Bhattacharjee, a passionate WASH storyteller from India.

Vrouw geeft voorlichting over menstruele hygiëne

28 mei, Menstrual Hygiene Day

Published on: 27/05/2019
Vandaag staan we stil bij de miljoenen meisjes en vrouwen voor wie menstruatie een maandelijks drama is.

MHM learning visit to Kenya, 23-25 April 2019 : highlights

What can Uganda and other sub-Saharan African countries learn from Kenya's successful approach to improve Menstrual Health Management (MHM)?
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