12th SuSanA Thematic Discussion: “Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) in Schools – A neglected issue”.
While nowadays the topic of MHM is gaining more and more attention, it has widely been neglected in the past.
SDG4 (education), SDG5 (gender equality) and SDG6 (water and sanitation) require female friendly sanitation facilities and available informational materials at schools around the globe.
Taking into account the magnitude of the population affected by issues around MHM, schools provide an ideal environment to reach girls as well as young women and to address taboos and misconceptions in a culturally sensitive manner.
The question, however, is how to approach the topic in a culturally sensitive manner?
Running for two weeks from today (March 27 until April 09) the discussion on the SuSanA forum will look at two areas: Week 1: Breaking the taboo around MHM Thematic Lead: Dr. Marni Sommer (Associate Professor, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health) Week 2: Infrastructural barriers and how to monitor MHM Thematic Lead: Thérèse Mahon (Regional Programme Manager South Asia, WaterAid) During the discussion, regular summaries of forum entries will be posted to keep you updated on our conversation.
Coordination on behalf of the SuSanA secretariat for this thematic discussion will be carried out by Dr. Bella Monse, Jan Schlenk and Mintje Büürma.
For any questions, you can post on the forum or contact us directly at info@susana.org.
To join the discussion, follow: http://bit.ly/2nZn4n6 And to read the first contribution by Marni Sommer, click on: http://bit.ly/2n9JLkv