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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

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

IRC Uganda and the Ministry of Education and Sports recently hosted a stakeholders' breakfast...
Sanitation products promotion

Should sanitation be taxed?

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

Just like adolescent girls, incarcerated women - the age cohort with the highest risk of perimenopausal women - need support with menstrual hygiene...
Daniel Karanja telling schoolchildren about menstrual hygiene management

It is time for action on all things menstruation

Guest blog by Kenyan menstrual hygiene management champion Daniel Karanja.

Water, sanitation and hygiene : measuring gender equality and empowerment

2019
Women and girls are disproportionately affected...
Vrouw geeft voorlichting over menstruele hygiëne

28 mei, Menstrual Hygiene Day

Vandaag staan we stil bij de miljoenen meisjes en vrouwen voor wie menstruatie een maandelijks...

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

2019
What can Uganda and other sub-Saharan African...
Bulandina Tatu demonstrates the making of reusable menstrual pads by women in Batani village, Kwale County, Kenya

Integrating, collaborating and building capacity for menstrual hygiene management

What can Uganda and other sub-Saharan African countries learn from Kenya's successful approach to...
Schoolchildren in Ghana

It’s time for action on Menstrual Hygiene Day in Ghana

On 28 May, the Ghana Education Services are organising an event to move menstrual hygiene...

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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.

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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Bulandina Tatu demonstrates the making of reusable menstrual pads by women in Batani village, Kwale County, Kenya

Integrating, collaborating and building capacity for menstrual hygiene management

Published on: 23/05/2019
What can Uganda and other sub-Saharan African countries learn from Kenya's successful approach to improve menstrual health management?

Schoolchildren in Ghana

It’s time for action on Menstrual Hygiene Day in Ghana

Published on: 22/05/2019
On 28 May, the Ghana Education Services are organising an event to move menstrual hygiene management to the next level.

Full chain sanitation services in small and medium towns

Behaviour change is not sufficient in itself to improve health and livelihoods, nor is construction, improving accountability, training, capacity...
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Gender and equity issues in WASH : addressing inequalities in the ONEWASH Plus programme implementation to ensure adequate WASH services for all

Addressing inequalities by improving access to WASH services for vulnerable groups; introducing social water tariffs for the vulnerable; involving...
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Provision of menstrual hygiene management facilities for girls and female teachers in primary and secondary schools in Uganda : study on implementation of the Ministry of Education and Sports circular

Follow-up study to assess if the Ugandan Ministry of Education circular on MHM is implemented.
Biblio info

Elianey Kegel , Sara Bori and Ingeborg Krukkert before the Dutch primary school Emmaus

A participatory lesson in human rights for Dutch schoolchildren

Published on: 25/06/2018
We joined hands with Amnesty International to raise awareness for global water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) challenges amongst 10 year olds.

Uganda's Minister of State for Higher Education (centre) addressing the MHM symposium, 24th May 2018

Take menstrual hygiene management message beyond schools

Published on: 28/05/2018
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.

India - menstrual hygiene box

How did a Bollywood film affect menstrual hygiene in India?

Published on: 15/05/2018
Raising awareness about the socioeconomic, health and environmental context: a WASH Talk podcast.

Pad Man and menstrual hygiene management with Kathy Walkling and Dr Padmalya Das

A Bollywood film has raised awareness about menstrual hygiene, but there's more to it than just sanitary pads.
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Menstrual Hygiene Day balloon: #NoMoreLimits - Good menstrual hygiene empowers women and girls to rise

Keeping the importance of menstrual hygiene alive!

Published on: 14/05/2018
We have come a long way, but educating schoolgirls and women remains essential.

Pride and Shame: Children's painting on menstrual hygiene

Is Bollywood’s Pad Man movie too good to be true?

Published on: 07/03/2018
Checking the facts and assumptions about menstrual hygiene in developing countries.

Menstrual health

Podcast featuring Virginia Roaf, Neville Okwaro and Radha Paudel, who discuss how to tackle the taboo surrounding menstrual hygiene at the global...
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Woman in Bangladesh who has a small business in sanitary towels

WASH Talk podcast on menstrual health

Published on: 23/05/2017
In this episode of WASH Talk three guest speakers talk about menstrual health.

MHM painting

Menstrual Hygiene Day, 28 May 2017

Published on: 02/04/2017
Menstrual Hygiene Day will help to break the silence and build awareness about the fundamental role that good menstrual hygiene management (MHM) plays in enabling women and girls to reach their full potential. Take IRC's Menstrual Hygiene Day Quiz and listen to our WASH Talk podcast on menstrual...

Thematic discussion on Menstrual Hygiene Management in Schools

Published on: 20/03/2017
"Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) in Schools – A neglected issue" is the topic of the thematic discussion organised by the SuSanA platform. While nowadays MHM is gaining more and more attention, it has widely been neglected in the past. SDG4 (education), SDG5 (gender equality) and SDG6 (water and...

Recording WASH Talk

Stay tuned – IRC’s podcast WASH Talk is about to be launched

Published on: 30/01/2017
20 February 2017 you can listen to the very first episode of IRC's podcast WASH Talk.

Nepalese women

Menstruating women have to trade in their bed for a cowshed

Published on: 07/12/2016
During menstruation every woman wants to cuddle up in a warm blanket. However, women in certain rural areas in Nepal have to sleep in a cowshed during that period of the month.

Nepalese vrouw

"Boe..." Vrouwen slapen tijdens hun menstruatie in de stal van de koe

Published on: 07/12/2016
Tijdens de menstruatie wil iedere vrouw wegkruipen onder een dikke deken. Vrouwen in bepaalde gebieden in Nepal worden verbannen naar de koeienstal gedurende die dagen van de maand.

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