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Menstrual hygiene

School girls in Bangladesh

School girls learn that periods are nothing to be ashamed of

No one should miss school because of their period, yet one in three girls in Bangladesh do, every month

Basant Lal and his eight daughters

Men break taboos and lead conversations around menstruation

In a village where talking about menstruation was considered a taboo, Basant obliges his daughters if they need sanitary napkins

Dawa Zam

Managing menstruation with dignity

How advocacy in schools help destigmatize menstruation

Students washing hands

Breaking taboos

Ending the stigma and silence around menstrual hygiene in Afghanistan

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Teachers and staff come together to install handwashing...

To ensure the safety of students, schools across the country are constructing Water, Sanitation and Hygiene facilities...

Bhutanese girls having lunch

29 January 2020

WASH Field Note

Spurred by the growing body of evidence linking poor menstrual hygiene facilities to school absenteeism, a collaborative study by the Ministry of Education.

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Laboni smiles at the camera in an orange sari with a grey concrete wall in the background.

20 September 2019

A Children’s Club Changes Hearts and Minds in Bangladesh

[Youth Skills] The children's club has changed Laboni’s ideas of what it means to be female in her society. The club encourages members to expand their.....

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Period lesson plan: guide to menstruation for teachers

As a teacher, you have a wonderful opportunity to prepare the girls in your class for their monthly period.

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Swimming Through the Challenges

I like it when I create ripples challenging the normal state of affairs – just like in water. Water is where I breathe, where I feel alive...

pad story from nepal

05 December 2018

Pad Man

A teenage boy becomes an unlikely advocate for menstrual health in Nepal