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Hace 5 días · Breaking the taboos around menstrual health for gender equality. 28 May 2024. More than 50 percent of the world’s population menstruate at one moment or another and during most of their lives. Yet, menstruation remains steeped in silence. “We live in a society where we hide what we consider ugly, dirty or disgusting.
Hace 5 días · Investing in a period friendly world is not only the right thing to do from a gender equality perspective. It is also the smart thing to do because countries that invest in improving menstrual health and hygiene stand to reap significant benefits in terms of improvements in girls’ education, health, human capital, and ultimately economic development.
Hace 5 días · UNITED NATIONS, New York – Every month, nearly 2 billion people menstruate, but gender inequality, poverty and other forms of marginalization mean the world has still not adapted to become period-friendly. In a humanitarian crisis, these inequities are greatly exacerbated. When forced to flee their homes because of violence, conflict or climate disasters, people leave most of their ...
Hace 5 días · Hundreds of millions of women living in poverty around the world have no access to menstrual protection, and instead use alternatives that cause severe health risks. In addition to this menstrual precariousness, certain false beliefs about menstruation prevent them from living their periods with dignity. In Afghanistan, for example, washing ...
Hace 5 días · Taboos, stigma and myths from long ago still abound in many rural communities around the world, with a culture of silence and shame often surrounding the issue of menstruation.
Hace 5 días · Sarajevo, 28 May 2024 - Today's marking of the World Menstrual Hygiene Day is an important step towards raising awareness of communities and their empowerment regarding this important topic. Activities centered on education, empowerment and dismantling taboos on menstruation were held under the motto “Together for a world where menstruation is not a taboo”.
Hace 4 días · A pioneering program in Ethiopia teaches all students about this "taboo" topic. A new UNICEF report, released on “World Menstrual Hygiene Day," assesses how countries respond to menstrual issues.
