“Menstrual hygiene is a critical component for any woman let alone the adolescent girl. In a country like Zimbabwe, menstrual… [Read More]
All of her health. For all of her life.
Access to Sanitary Supplies
Hospitals ‘Fail to Meet Women’s Period Needs’ (BBC News)
Post Date: 03/26/2018
An investigation by Scottish Labour found not one of Scotland’s 14 health boards has a policy for providing sanitary products…. [Read More]
From Menarche to Menopause: A Population-Based Assessment of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Risk Factors for Reproductive Tract Infection Symptoms over Life Stages in Rural Girls and Women in India (Baker, 2017)
Post Date: 01/16/2018
Baker, Kelly K., Bijaya Padhi, Belen Torondel et al., “From Menarche to Menopause: A Population-Based Assessment of Water, Sanitation, and… [Read More]
Menstruating Girls Banned from Crossing Ghana River (BBC News)
Post Date: 01/15/2018
Ghanaian schoolgirls have been banned from crossing a river while they are menstruating – and on Tuesdays. The ban, apparently… [Read More]
Talking Openly About Menstruation Remains A Major Taboo (Huffington Post Australia)
Post Date: 09/22/2017
Talking openly about menstruation remains taboo in many parts of the world. Without a proper understanding of the menstrual cycle,… [Read More]
How a West Oakland Homeless Shelter Provides Basic Women’s Needs, Such as Access to Tampons (East Bay Express)
Post Date: 05/27/2017
A center West Oakland is providing homeless women with needed but unaffordable feminine hygiene products. Despite the great need, not… [Read More]
In Kyrgyzstan, Girls Lift Shroud of Shame on Menstruation (UNICEF)
Post Date: 05/27/2017
The 28th of May is World Menstrual Hygiene Day, a day to raise awareness about menstrual hygiene and the challenges… [Read More]
Global Women’s Health, Commodification, and the Abortion Debate
Post Date: 02/01/2017
In 2012, The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity’s (CBHD) annual conference explored the theological roots of human dignity… [Read More]
UNFPA Preserves Dignity First for Women and Girls Affected by the Near Dzud (Relief Web)
Post Date: 01/19/2017
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFP) is providing Dignity Kits to women and girls in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia as winter conditions… [Read More]
Women to Women: Lebanese Red Cross Volunteers Tackle Taboos at Syrian Refugee Camps (Relief Web)
Post Date: 01/19/2017
Lebanese Red Cross volunteers discuss hygiene, sanitation, and reproductive health with Syrian refugees, and provide emergency kits which enable women to… [Read More]
