In Ghana, 9 out of 10 girls miss school during their menses. There is urgent need for investment by government and partners to keep the girl child healthy and in school. It's time to invest in menstrual hygiene management. Now! Read more...
Guest blogger Srilekha Chakraborty , 2020 winner of the Ton Schouten Award, shares stories from the ground on the pandemic in India. Read more...
Srilekha Chakraborty uses art in her activism for women's health. Read more...
Continue with menstrual hygiene management (MHM) activities during COVID-19 as so much still needs to be done especially for the vulnerable. Read more...
IRC Uganda and the Ministry of Education and Sports recently hosted a stakeholders' breakfast meeting to discuss action for improving Menstrual Health Management Read more...
The sanitation and hygiene challenge in Ethiopia is an important task, and daunting in scale. Read more...
Mayuri Bhattacharjee, a passionate WASH storyteller from India. Read more...
Vandaag staan we stil bij de miljoenen meisjes en vrouwen voor wie menstruatie een maandelijks drama is. Read more...
What can Uganda and other sub-Saharan African countries learn from Kenya's successful approach to improve menstrual health management? Read more...
On 28 May, the Ghana Education Services are organising an event to move menstrual hygiene management to the next level. Read more...
The 2018 International Menstrual Hygiene Day commemoration in Uganda started off with a one-day symposium in Kampala, during which actors were advised to take the MHM message to girls and women outside the school context. Read more...
Raising awareness about the socioeconomic, health and environmental context: a WASH Talk podcast. Read more...
We have come a long way, but educating schoolgirls and women remains essential. Read more...
Checking the facts and assumptions about menstrual hygiene in developing countries. Read more...
In this episode of WASH Talk three guest speakers talk about menstrual health. Read more...
Menstrual Hygiene Day will help to break the silence and build awareness about the fundamental role that good menstrual hygiene management (MHM) plays in enabling women and girls to reach their full potential. Take IRC's Menstrual Hygiene Day Quiz and listen to our WASH Talk podcast on menstrual... Read more...
"Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) in Schools – A neglected issue" is the topic of the thematic discussion organised by the SuSanA platform. While nowadays MHM is gaining more and more attention, it has widely been neglected in the past. SDG4 (education), SDG5 (gender equality) and SDG6 (water and... Read more...
20 February 2017 you can listen to the very first episode of IRC's podcast WASH Talk. Read more...
Activities on creating awareness and busting taboos around menstrual hygiene. Read more...
After 17 years at IRC, Marielle Snel has moved on to a new job opportunity, as regional WASH advisor for World Vision International based in Cyprus. Read more...
