The recording of the 8th virtual conference on Menstrual Hygiene Management in Schools is now available!
The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in the conference belong solely to the presenter, and not necessarily to UNICEF or any other presenting organization.
The 8th Virtual Conference report is coming soon.
INTRODUCTION
Patty Alleman, Senior Gender Adviser, UNICEF
Kelly-Ann Naylor, Associate Director, WASH, UNICEF
Lizette Burger, Senior Adviser, WASH, UNICEF
PRESENTATIONS
Locally appropriate safe disposal systems for MHM facilities in schools of Sri Lanka: From open dumping to incineration
Mr Sunil Shanthasiri, National Water Supply and Drainage Board, Sri Lanka
Ms Nilusha Hetti, UNICEF Sri Lanka
Oky Period Tracker App for Girls - Putting girls at the heart of digital solutions for menstrual health and hygiene
Gerda Binder, UNICEF
The Case for Trade Finance in the Pacific: Creating Inclusive MH Markets Using Innovative Finance
Milena Bacalja Perianes, Criterion Institute
A new way to measure girls’ menstrual experiences: The Menstrual Practice Needs Scale (MPNS-36)
Julie Hennegan, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Girl Talk: Sesame Street’s Foray into Menstrual Hygiene Management
Alyson Moskowitz, Sesame Workshop
Panel discussions
Sylvia Cabus, Sr Gender Adviser, USAID
Cristina Ljungberg, Founder, The Case for Her
Leeat Gellis, Open Innovation Director, Grand Challenges Canada
Puleng Letsie, Coordinator, African Coalition on MHM
DISCUSSANTS
Disussants session 1
Evariste Kouassi-Komlan, UNICEF EAPRO
Chelsea Huggett, WaterAid Australia
Discussants session 2
Radu Ban, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Gloria Lihemo, UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia
CLOSING REMARKS
Matt Nash, Managing Director, Duke Innovations & Entrepreneurship
Lizette Burgers, UNICEF
Remembering the life of Rehema Darueshi
Teacher REHEMA DARUESHI
1970 – 2020
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Photograph credits: © UNICEF/UNI280377/Tremeau