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...
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 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...
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...
“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...
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...
Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health has released an exciting programme of webinars for autumn 2019 that will see MHM experts discuss a variety of key emerging issues. The topics that will be covered in The Period Posse Presents series include updated...
Dr Sarah Jewitt, a member of staff in the School of Geography at the University of Nottingham, undertook research on the effect menstruation has on the school attendance of post-pubescent girls in sub-saharan Africa. Her project, which was carried out in Kisumu, Kenya...
On MH Day 2019 the African Coalition for MHM hosted a panel discussion under the question: What has changed in menstrual hygiene management in Africa? It was attended by First Lady of Kwale County H.E. Christine Ndegwa, Member of Parliament in Zimbabwe Hon. Priscilla...
Democratic Representative of New York’s 6th congressional district Grace Meng has taken another step to increase the availability and affordability of menstrual products for those that need them by introducing HR 1882 – the Menstrual Equity for All Act – in the House...
