News about MH Day and MHM
Global Menstrual Collective
There is growing recognition of the importance of improving menstrual health and hygiene to the quality of life and well-being of people who menstruate. Yet this has not been met with a corresponding increase in the investment needed to comprehensively address...
Webinar – Scrap the Period Tax
Many low-income women and girls around the world are unable to afford menstrual products. In recent years, there has been growing advocacy momentum for the reduction or removal of taxes on menstrual products to improve affordability and advance overall gender...
Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies
"This book invites you to explore menstruation from nearly every possible angle, including dimensions that you might not yet have considered: the historical, political, embodied, cultural, religious, social, health, economic, artistic, literary and many more....
Periods do not stop for pandemics
A continuously updated document with news articles, blog posts and information from our partners related to menstruation, hygiene and Coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 / COVID-19 can be found under the link. Below are some selected articles and resources. The views expressed...
CSW64 – Statement by Menstrual Health & Hygiene Collective
On 9th March 2020, the 64th session of the Commission on the Status of Women convened an abridged procedural meeting and adopted the [draft Political Declaration]. On the occasion of the Commission of the Status of Women and the 25-year review of the Beijing...
Grand Challenges Call: “Innovations in Materials Science for a Transformative Menstrual Health and Hygiene Products”.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation just launched a new Grand Challenges Exploration looking for "Innovations in Materials Science for a Transformative Menstrual Health and Hygiene Products". Do you have transformative and innovative ideas to support the design...
8th MHM Virtual Conference – new date : 21st May 2020
The 8th Annual Virtual Conference on Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) in Schools provides an opportunity to share the latest research and programming from around the world. The virtual conference is expected to bring together online over 1,000 participants from...
ICPD25: It’s Time to Invest in Menstrual Health and Hygiene
In 1994 the first International Conference of Population and Development (ICPD) took place in Cairo. 179 governments adopted a landmark Programme of Action, but it made no explicit mention of menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) as part of sexual and reproductive health...
MHM: Health and Dignity For All – World Water Week Session Report
"You are part of what I think we agree is quite an unprecedented moment. Take a moment to reflect that this is now a movement. This is a movement which I hope is unstoppable!" - Sue Coates, Acting Executive Director, WSSCC Opening Remarks and Key Note...
Uganda Must Tackle Period Poverty to Achieve SDGs, Education Ministry Warns
Featured in GLOBAL CITIZEN https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/uganda-period-poverty-sdgs/ ---- Nearly a quarter of Ugandan girls between the ages of 12 and 18 drop out of school when they begin menstruation. If nothing is done to end period poverty in Uganda,...