Puberty Education and Menstrual Hygiene Management

Advocacy Materials
Advocacy Materials | 2017

Growing up and changing : knowing about puberty for girls

UNESCO in partnership with Ministry of Education and with financial support from the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan, community and Civil society organizations implemented a two year Health Literacy and Behaviour Change practices among Adolescent Girls pilot project from September 2014-S

Case Studies & Research
Case Studies & Research | 2001

Menarche and its implications for educational policy in Peru

Indigenous girls in rural areas live in the most extreme poverty and make up the least educated groups in Peru. These girls face numerous constraints to obtaining an education. Enrollment rates are lower for girls in rural areas, and their grade repetition rates are higher than those for boys.