News on menstrual health & hygiene and by the MH Day Secretariat
Menstrual health and hygiene country snapshots Africa
We’ve partnered with Days for Girls and Irise Institute East Africa (IIEA) to bring you a series of easy-to-use summaries of the menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) context for several countries in eastern and southern Africa. The first snapshots are the outcome of a...
Menstrual health and hygiene is not a human right. It doesn’t need to be. Here’s why.
Menstruation is as normal as breathing. Yet around the world the issue continues to be neglected at all levels, resulting in persisting taboos and stigma and lack of access to information about menstruation, period products and adequate infrastructure. The negative...
Status of menstruation in Germany
With the report “Menstruation im Fokus”, Plan International Germany and WASH United are publishing the first representative data on the state of menstruation in Germany. What we found is shocking.🩸 More than one fifth of survey participants had no idea what happened...
Kaerney & WASH United report (2020)
Addressing the menstruation-related challenges of women and girls This joint paper by WASH United and Kaerney provides insights into the menstruation-related challenges. The research reveals that the challenges create a lose-lose situation for individuals but also for...
Period Tax – collective action to end period taxes in Ghana
Campaigners in Ghana have been advocating for the removal of taxes on menstrual products. While government representative has spoken in favour of removing the tax, it remains and currently stands at 12,5% VAT, and 20% for import tax. Ghana’s latest population census...
Partnering Up to Change Perceptions on Menstrual Health
An exciting new partnership has launched between The Case for Her, Lightful and WASH United, to increase the digital fundraising and advocacy skills of grassroots organizations working in menstrual health and hygiene (MHH). Millions of women and girls* face...
Webinar – No Más Impuestos a la Menstruación
Les invitamos a participar en este webinar auspiciado por WASH United y el ForoLAC donde se expondrá la situación global y los hallazgos de la investigación realizada por WASH United sobre los cambios de precios y campañas para eliminar los impuestos a la...
MHM Education Guide now available for everyone!
WASH United has applied the philosophy of open access and collective impact that is behind Menstrual Hygiene Day to the field of MHM education.The result: a website through which any organisation or individual can access the MHM Education Guide, a ground-breaking new...
The Role of Supportive Self-Care Environments in Advancing Menstrual Equity
Key insights from a session organized by Days for Girls, WASH United, MIET Africa in collaboration with the Global Menstrual Collective, on June 29, 2021, as part of the Self-Care Learning and Discovery Series hosted by the Self-Care Trailblazer Group and the White...
Generation Equality Forum Countdown Event: Investing in menstruation is investing in gender equality
WASH United / MH Day co-hosted together with the Global Menstrual Collective an official countdown event to the Generation Equality Forum on June 29, 2021. The session highlighted why menstrual health and hygiene is critical to gender equality and how investment in...