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- BlogWhen Saadia started working as an engineer for a public water utility in Morocco, she was always “the only woman at the table,” she recalls.
- BriefApproximately 500 million people worldwide face barriers to managing their menstruation in a safe, healthy and dignified manner; these challenges are most acute in the low- and middle-income countries in which USAID works.
- BlogUSAID is committed to ensuring all menstruators can safely engage in all facets of their lives with dignity and confidence.
- Intl Campaign DayMenstrual Hygiene Day, recognized annually on May 28, is a global advocacy day that brings together the voices and actions of non-profits, government agencies, individuals, the private sector and the media to promote good
- BlogIn Uganda, the Rotary-USAID partnership is, among other things, helping schools offer all their students adequate sanitation and hygiene facilities by constructing
- BlogWhen Hammidah Nattabi started to menstruate at age 13 while attending Ndoddo Church of Uganda Primary School, she did not know what to do and eventually turned to tell her mother.
- Global Waters ArticleIn rural Burkina Faso, most people get their drinking water through boreholes, a narrow vertical shaft drilled into the ground. Women and girls are traditionally responsible for fetching water, often traveling for miles several times a week.
- BlogThis year’s Menstrual Hygiene Day theme is #WeAreCommitted, shifting from calling for action to leading by example by committing to action.
- Strategy and GuidanceThe WASHPaLs project conducted research in Nepal and Kenya to accomplish the following obje