The enabling environment for menstrual health and hygiene: case study - Kenya
Menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) is essential to the well-being and empowerment of women and adolescent girls.
Menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) is essential to the well-being and empowerment of women and adolescent girls.
This study focuses on the relationship between menstruation and the schooling experience of female adolescents in Peru from an ecological and gender approach.
Adolescent girls face a range of challenges that may compromise their chances of completing school or their sexual and reproductive health.
Educating girls has been argued to be a key contributor to a healthier and more affluent nation.
Impact evaluations focused on school absenteeism commonly use school records of untested quality or expensive spot-check data.
The Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) toolkit is a practical guide providing information on MHM at schools. The toolkit together with the accompanying MHM National Guidelines were developed by the MHM Thematic Working Group under the lead of the Ministry of General Education (MoGE).
The purpose of these guidelines is to make an evidence-based Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) resource available that gives guidance on MHM programming to stakeholders involved in providing a safe and appropriate school environment through improvements in WASH infrastructure and services.
The global demands for greater understanding of the challenges menstruating school girls face and the associated potential risks and consequences are growing.
This Guide supports organizations working on MHM to encourage all girls and women to adopt safer menstrual hygiene practices. It also demonstrates how to work with communities and implement concrete actions for effective menstrual management.
The focus of this study was on the impact of menstruation and menstrual hygiene management on girl learners in schools in the Province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.