Providing Sustainable Sanitation Services for All in WASH Interventions through a Menstrual Hygiene Management Approach

World Bank

Washington, DC: World Bank

关键词: sanitation;    water and sanitation;    hygiene;   

RP-ID  :  113129

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

A gender-inclusive approach tosanitation through Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) isneeded to ensure that the benefits of sanitation and hygieneare truly universal. The key takeaways from this brief are:(1) the need to do contextual research before proposing anintervention, ideally by working with a gender specialist;and (2) the value of working through Water, Sanitation, andHygiene (WASH) interventions to integrate the key pillars ofMHM. This note presents some of the knowledge gained throughthis event and some recent research findings on the topic.As MHM cuts across many development sectors, it aims to berelevant to development practitioners looking for practicalresources to integrate this approach into interventions inthe water sector, but also in health, education, socialprotection, community development, and other relateddevelopment programs.In recent years, issues deriving fromthe lack of adequate MHM have been coming to the fore in theWASH sector, particularly in relation to girls reportedlymissing school because of poor MHM.The extent to which womenand girls’ activities are affected by menstruation varies,depending on the context, but remains significant throughouttheir life, particularly in low-income countries.