MENSTRUAL HYGIENE MANAGEMENT (MHM) IN SCHOOLS
eBASE Africa is piloting a Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) intervention aimed at increasing school attendance for over 10,000 adolescent girls in 15 schools located in education priority zones of Cameroon (East, North West and Far North Regions).
This is a comprehensive MHM intervention that consists of improving MHM facilities for female learners including MHM waste management facilities, provision of MHM supplies to female learners, capacity building for teachers, and sensitisation campaigns on MHM in schools and communities. With recommendations from research and the ministry of secondary education, this intervention employs environmentally friendly waste disposal approaches and integration of MHM safe spaces into existing school structures. Moreover, this pilot intervention is being evaluated to test its feasibility, acceptability, and readiness for trial in the context of Cameroon.
Safe MHM Spaces will consist of portable water access; freely available pads, pants, and painkillers in a dignity pack; MHM informational flyers and posters; girls friendly toilets; environmentally friendly (recyclable) waste disposal system; all integrated in an existing school structures.
Project Implementer : UN Women Cameroon
UN Women partner organisations:
| Region | Partner organisation |
| East | |
|
Far North |
Association des Femmes Africaines Intègres pour la Recherche et le Développement (AFAIRD) |
| Northwest | Centre for Advocacy Gender Equality and Action for Development (CAGEAD) |
Intervention schools
|
Region |
Primary schools |
Secondary schools |
|
East |
- Ecole primaire publique de Mandjou - Ecole primaire publique de Tigaza |
- Lycée Bilingue de Bonis - Lycée de Mandjou - Lycée Technique de Mandjou |
|
Far North |
- Ecole publique Inclusive de Domayo - Ecole publique d’Application de Founangué groupe IB, |
- Lycée de Meskine - Lycée de Doualaré - CETIC de Kongola |
|
Northwest |
- Government School Bamenda up station - Government Practicing School Old Town |
- Government Bilingual High School Bamendakwe - Government Bilingual Technical High School Bamenda - Government Bilingual High School Bayelle |