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Engaging boys in menstrual hygiene management (MHM) interventions in Bangladeshi schools: a pilot study to assess acceptability and feasibility

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It has been proposed that teaching boys about puberty and menstruation can help to lessen the stigma associated with menstruation and the unfavourable attitudes toward it. To raise an understanding of puberty and promote a more accepting atmosphere for menstruating school girls, a team of researchers created and tested a school-based intervention for both boys […]

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Menstrual Health in the Dutch Workplace

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The Share-Net Netherlands Community of Practice (CoP) on Menstrual Health (MH) has produced a new report, Menstrual Health in the Dutch Workplace. The Menstrual Health CoP actively contributes to existing efforts to destigmatise menstruation, exploring barriers to appropriate menstrual health and networking experts in the field. Background In 2022, based on the existing literature on […]

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resources / Share-Net Burkina Faso

La puberté et l’hygiène menstruelle

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C’est important de garder une bonne hygiène après avoir commencé la puberté. Par rapport aux enfants, les adultes ont plus d’odeurs corporelles et plus de gras dans la peau et les cheveux. Avec une bonne hygiène quotidienne tu te sentiras mieux dans ton corps. TELECHARGER ICI .

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resources / Frontiers in Global Women's Health

Improving Menstrual Health Literacy Through Life-Skills Programming in Rural Ethiopia

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Despite its cultural and biological importance, limited knowledge about menstruation and cultural taboos in many contexts means that menarche often brings fear and stigma. In Ethiopia, in the context of this paper, lack of knowledge and the stigma around menstruation create challenges for adolescent girls related to menstrual hygiene management and their reproductive health more […]

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resources / Share-Net Bangladesh

Exploring Knowledge and Practices Regarding Menstrual Hygiene Management Among Bihari Women in the Geneva Camp in Bangladesh

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This study evaluated the MHM-related knowledge and behaviours of Bihari women living in the Mohammadpur Geneva Camp (MGC) in Dhaka, Bangladesh. This study was carried out by academics from Australia and Bangladesh, and the results were presented in the journal “Women, Midwives and Midwifery – 2022” (Volume 2, Issue 1). The main objective was to […]

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Improving Menstrual Health Literacy Through Life-Skills Programming in Rural Ethiopia

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Overview Despite its cultural and biological importance, limited knowledge about menstruation and cultural taboos in many contexts mean that menarche often brings fear and stigma. In Ethiopia, the context of this paper, lack of knowledge and the stigma around menstruation create challenges for adolescent girls related to menstrual hygiene management and their reproductive health more […]

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resources / Global Health Action

How addressing menstrual health and hygiene may enable progress across the Sustainable Development Goals

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ABSTRACT There is increasing global attention to the importance of menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) for the lives of those who menstruate and gender equality. Yet, the global development community, which focuses on issues ranging from gender to climate change to health, is overdue to draw attention to how addressing MHH may enable progress in […]

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resources / Colombia University

Monitoring Menstrual Health & Hygiene: Measuring Progress for Girls Related to Menstruation

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: There is growing global momentum around addressing menstruation as an important health, education and gender equality issue. However, a critical barrier to making progress on addressing menstruation and the range of girls’ needs around this issue, is the lack of adequate validated measures related to measuring menstruation within global health and development. Measures […]

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Priority List of Indicators for Girls’ Menstrual Health and Hygiene: Technical Guidance for National Monitoring

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Introduction:  There is growing global recognition of menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) as an important health, education, rights, and gender equality issue.1–4 As efforts to support MHH gain momentum globally, the lack of adequate validated indicators with related measures is a critical barrier to progress. At national level, the absence of standardized indicators and related […]

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A sexual and reproductive health rights approach to menstruation

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ABSTRACT While increased attention to menstruation as a significant health issue for women and girls is positive, some menstrual interventions promoted by Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) programmes primarily focus on hygiene, infrastructure, and product provision. This focus fails to challenge the social and cultural stigma surrounding menstruation, as well as interconnected issues of gender […]

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