Understanding the menstrual hygiene management challenges facing displaced girls and women: findings from qualitative assessments in Myanmar and Lebanon

M. Schmitt, D. Clatworthy, R. Ratnayake, N. Klaesener-Metzner, E. Roesch, E. Wheeler, M. Sommer
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2017
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Sexual and Reproductive Health
A woman who has been living in a camp on the outskirts of Goma for two months is ecstatic when she receives her dignity kit today.

There is a significant gap in empirical evidence on the menstrual hygiene management (MHM) challenges faced by adolescent girls and women in emergency contexts, and on appropriate humanitarian response approaches to meet their needs in diverse emergency contexts. To begin filling the gap in the evidence, this study was conducted in two diverse contexts (Myanmar and Lebanon), exploring the MHM barriers facing girls and women, and the various relevant sectoral responses being conducted (e.g. water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), Protection, Health, Education and Camp Management).

Photo credit: A woman who has been living in a camp on the outskirts of Goma for two months is ecstatic when she receives her dignity kit. Sinziana Demian/IRC.

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