Menstrual hygiene matters is an essential resource for improving menstrual hygiene for women and girls in lower and middle-income countries. Nine modules and toolkits cover key aspects of menstrual hygiene in different settings, including communities, schools and emergencies.

This comprehensive resource:

• Brings together examples of good menstrual hygiene practice from around the world
• Provides guidance on building competence and confidence to break the silence surrounding the issue
• Encourages increased engagement in advocacy on menstrual hygiene

In her foreword, Catarina De Albuquerque, UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, states:

This resource brings together, for the first time, accurate, straightforward, non-judgemental knowledge and practice on menstrual hygiene programming from around the world to encourage the development of comprehensive and context specific approaches to menstrual hygiene.

You can download the complete report or individual modules and toolkits in both high and low resolution (web-friendly or print-friendly options) from the WaterAid website

Menstrual hygiene matters has been produced with input from a wide range of experts and organisations. It was jointly funded by WaterAid and the SHARE research consortium.