Previous Group Projects

 
 
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Wins For Girls: Advocacy and Capacity Building for Menstrual Hygiene Management through Water Sanitation and Hygiene in Schools Programs

  • Location: Afghanistan, Bolivia, Burkina-Faso, Eritrea, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan

  • Partners: UNICEF, UNGEI

Emory partnered with UNICEF and UNGEI in a initiative to strengthen evidence-based advocacy and action on menstrual hygiene management (MHM) in developing countries. This project aimed to increase understanding of current MHM practice and the barriers that menstruating girls face in schools; increased incorporation of gender sensitive MHM support into existing national WinS programs; increase leadership of ministries of education in MHM; and increase capacity of global WinS network members. Emory developed an E-course that will be delivered to at least 14 UNICEF country offices to build capacity for formative qualitative MHM research. The 12-module E-course cut across these objectives, bringing together multiple stakeholders in each country to learn about developing a research plan and protocol; the ethics of research; the benefits of qualitative research in exploring and understanding MHM; qualitative research tools; qualitative data collection; data analysis; and information dissemination. The course mirrors research activities in each participating country, and Emory provided feedback and assistance throughout the research process. The findings from research activities informed a country specific pilot intervention in 100 schools per country. See the WASH in schools for girls e-course here.

 
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Multi-Country Emory-UNICEF Research on Menstrual Hygiene Management in Schools

  • Location: Bolivia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and the Philippines

  • Partners: UNICEF

The onset of menstruation poses multiple challenges for school-girls: many are uneducated about menstruation and how to manage it; many girls do not have the support or resources in schools to provide strategies for coping; and a lack of facilities, water, and soap for cleaning and management may convince girls to miss or reduce participation in school. There is a need to better understand education impacts of girls who are menstruating. Few studies have focused on education impacts, like concentration, class participation, and catching-up after missed classes. This project aimed to understand the scope of education impacts and challenges across settings in order to foster a broad movement towards mitigating challenges posed by menstruation among adolescent girls. Moreover, this research program aimed to inform a ‘basic package of interventions’ for girls who are menstruating in school. Using an in-depth qualitative approach, recommended intervention strategies will be informed by girls themselves and will be tailored to specific cultural and environmental contexts. See the WASH in schools for girls reports here.

 

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