menstrual hygiene

Menstrual hygiene management needs for perimenopausal women

Published on: 19/08/2019

Just like adolescent girls, incarcerated females - the age cohort with the highest risk of perimenopausal women - need support with menstrual hygiene management (MHM) too.

It is time for action on all things menstruation

Published on: 17/06/2019

Guest blog by Kenyan menstrual hygiene management champion Daniel Karanja.

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

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?

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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Ethiopia: Full chain sanitation services in small and medium towns - learning note

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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Ethiopia: Gender and equity issues in WASH - learning note

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.

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Provision of menstrual hygiene management facilities for girls and female teachers in primary and secondary schools in Uganda

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.

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.

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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Show notes WASH Talk EP014: Pad Man and menstrual hygiene management with Kathy Walkling and Dr Padmalya Das

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.

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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WASH Talk podcast on menstrual health

Published on: 23/05/2017

In this episode of WASH Talk three guest speakers talk about menstrual health.

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...