Kumi District, Uganda, 16 March 2012 - The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) today allocated US$6 million from its Global Sanitation Fund to help more people in Uganda attain safe sanitation and practice good hygiene.
Sana, a young girl - a student of class 9 and member of the School Hygiene Club is proving herself as an agent of change by promoting best practices of Menstrual Hygiene Management in Pakistan.
A key priority for women and girls is to have necessary knowledge, facilities, and cultural environment to manage menstruation hygienically and with dignity. To address these issues BRAC-WASH along with financial support from school authorities is constructing separate sanitary latrines for girls with menstrual hygiene facilities in secondary schools.
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Author: Dr. Babar Kabir, Milan Kanti Barua & Mahjabeen Ahmed
This menstrual hygiene management study was carried out in Azad Kashmir UC and MC Muzaffarabad. The scope of the study was to learn about the coping mechanism of schools girls during menses.
WSSCC will participate in the Third regional Sanitation and Hygiene Practitioners’ Workshop organized by the Bangladeshi Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC), WaterAid and IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre will take place from 31 January – 2 February 2012 in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka.
BRAC presents how they adress menstrual hygiene management by locally producing and disbuting sanitary pads, integrating hygiene education and promoting separate toilets for girls.
A new study Saïd Business School, University of Oxford reveals that the
provision of sanitary pads for girls in developing countries shows
significant educational and social benefits.
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