Menstruation- did you know?!
Date: 20 May 2019
menstrual hygiene
Elements of MHM
Date: 18 May 2019
Photo Competition: Positive images of menstrual hygiene
A picture speaks a thousand words! And particularly when it comes to taboo subjects, it is important to break the 'visual silence' and spread images that convey positive social norms! Therefore, we are looking for photographs that
Date: 17 May 2019
A short history of menstrual hygiene in the modern age
Date: 17 May 2019
Proceedings from the 7th virtual conference on Menstrual Hygiene Management in Schools
The virtual conference on Menstrual Hygiene Management in Schools is an annual event that enables global sharing of new ideas and 'lessons learned', and connects people working on MHM in schools in a wide range of countries. The 7th virtual conference was held on 30 October 2018 as part of the Water & Health Conference, hosted by the Water Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the USA. The presenters covered work on MHM that spanned countries and regions across the world, identifying shared challenges in programme design, implementation, and monitoring.
Date: 21 March 2019
Menstrual hygiene management in schools in South Asia: Pakistan
This four page brief shows a snapshot of menstrual hygiene management (MHM) in schools in Pakistan.
Various federal and provincial initiatives support MHM in schools: the National water, sanitation and hygiene in schools strategy (WinS); Baluchistan WinS strategy and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa WinS strategy. Appropriate curricula together with teacher training are needed at provincial level.
Date: 12 November 2018
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Female-friendly public and community toilets: a guide for planners and decision makers
The 'Female-friendly guide', published in October 2018 and written by WaterAid, UNICEF and WSUP, is designed primarily for use by local authorities in towns and cities who are in charge of public and community toilets. It's also useful for national governments, public and private service providers, NGOs, donors and civil society organisations who play a role in delivering these services.
Date: 9 November 2018
State of Hygiene in Southern Africa
Without good hygiene practices, such as toilet use, handwashing with soap, water treatment, food hygiene, and menstrual hygiene, the benefits of other poverty reduction strategies will be undermined, and human dignity will be compromised.
The State of Hygiene in Southern Africa study was commissioned to gather evidence regarding: the status of hygiene practice in the region; the enabling environment and institutional arrangements for the promotion of hygiene behavior change; and key policy and programme bottlenecks for the prioritisation of hygiene.
Date: 15 October 2018
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Challenging gender norms to achieve sustainable sanitation
At the beginning of 2018, the CLTS Knowledge Hub based at the Institute of Development Studies released a call for applications for a desk-based study looking at ‘the other side of gender’. The idea came out of discussions with different sanitation and hygiene (WASH) actors who felt that despite gender relations being regarded as socially constructed power relations between men and women, boys and girls - gender in WASH discussions was often being reduced to the roles and experiences of women and sometimes only to menstrual hygiene management (MHM).
Learnings from the 41st WEDC Conference
I had the opportunity to attend the 41st WEDC Conference held at Nakuru, Kenya 9 – 13th July 2018 . The theme of the five-day event was, 'Transformation towards sustainable and resilient WASH services'. The power-packed week saw more than 160 presentations, 29 side events, 21 capacity building workshops, exhibitions and posters - there was something for everyone! I was thrilled to interact with participants who were working on diverse themes, but with one common objective. As we all eagerly await next year's conference, here are my reflections on some of my conference highlights.
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