Menstrual health in East Asia and the Pacific regional progress review: Papua New Guinea
This country profile has the objective to document the state of policy and programming to support menstrual health in Papua New Guinea.
This country profile has the objective to document the state of policy and programming to support menstrual health in Papua New Guinea.
This Policy & Standards for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) in Schools represents the commitment of the Education Department to sustainably improve the students’ overall health and wellbeing towards achieving a quality education within a child friendly school environment.
Managing menstruation effectively and with dignity can be challenging for girls and women in low and middle-income countries. Currently there is limited research on menstrual hygiene management (MHM) in the Pacific region.
Managing menstruation effectively and with dignity can be challenging for girls and women in low and middle-income countries. Currently there is limited research on menstrual hygiene management (MHM) in the Pacific region.
This literature review examines the determinants and impacts of menstrual hygiene management (MHM), and effective interventions for improving MHM globally and in the Pacific.
Violence against women and girls is an unacceptable violation of basic human rights. It also is so widespread that ending it must be a global public health priority. An estimated one in three women is beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused by an intimate partner during her lifetime.
WASH in Schools (WinS) fosters social inclusion and individual self-respect. By offering an alternative to the stigma and marginalization associated with hygiene issues, it empowers all students – and especially encourages girls and female teachers.
Schools have been identified as one of the appropriate settings for addiction prevention since this is the place where pupils may come into contact with drugs for the first time and experiment with them, with the possibility of becoming addicted.