The 2022 International Women’s day Workshop convened 300 young girls and women from local communities, internally displaced person camps, women-led CSOs, religious organisations, and schools. These participants were empowered and educated with skills in personal development, leadership, ICT, and making reusable pads.
If I came to you and asked you, “What do you understand the term menstrual health and hygiene to be?” Would you say it is access to safe and sanitary menstrual health products? Or the total well-being of an individual who goes through menstrual cycles? If your answer was one or both of these, you […]
Family planning (FP) refers to the ability of individuals and couples to anticipate and attain their desired number of children, and the spacing and timing of their births through the use of contraceptive methods and the treatment of infertility. Nigeria’s family planning (FP) policies primarily position contraception as a woman’s responsibility, sidelining male involvement. A […]
Introduction: Menstrual Health and Hygiene Management in Africa Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM), as defined by the WHO and UNICEF joint monitoring program, encompasses the access to and availability of clean menstrual products for collecting menstrual blood, decent privacy for changing materials, access to clean water and soap for washing the body as needed, and safe and […]
