The Menstrual Hygiene Management Education Guide
Every girl deserves a Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) education that empowers her to fully participate in society and live a healthy, self-determined life. Thanks to the MHM Education Guide, providing this education has never been easier.
About the Guide
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Take a glimpse into the Guide
The MHM Education Guide has been tailored to four world regions and translated into over 20 languages. It's easy to use, free of charge and can be implemented in two compact group-based training sessions that girls love, and that are not embarrassing but fun.
In the training, girls follow the story of a young girl entering puberty, a story inspired by the girls' lives. This makes them feel understood and connected with the main character. In addition, the story is combined with exciting activities. As a result, girls are not only educated about menstruation but also feel empowered to manage their menstruation with confidence and are motivated to engage in the topic and support one another. We call this the three E's: Girls are educated, empowered and engaged.
MHM Guides for South Asia
Available in 9 languages: English, Hindi, Bengali, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Tamil and Telugu
MHM Guides for Sub-Saharan Africa
Available in 6 languages: Amharic, English, French, Hausa, Kanuri and Swahili
MHM Guides for Latin America & the Caribbean
Available in Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish and English
MHM Guides for North Africa & the Middle East
Available in Modern Standard Arabic and Mesopotamian Arabic
Opening of Chapter 1
Excerpt from Ruby's World
Introduction of the character
Excerpt from Ruby's World
Closing of chapter 1
Excerpt from Ruby's World
Myths about mensturation are addressed
Excerpt from Ruby's World
Activities in chapter 2
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Yarn-game at the end of chapter 2
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Yarn-game at the end of chapter 2
Excerpt from Rocíos World
Yarn-game at the end of chapter 2
Excerpt from Le Monde de Rosalie
Yarn-game at the end of chapter 2
Excerpt from Rosie's World
Opening of training session 2
Excerpt from Ruby's World
Introduction to period products
Excerpt from Ruby's World
6 reasons why you should use the Guide
Whether you are an NGO or a government body, a community service or a youth-led initiative - the MHM Education Guide is for you. It has been developed together with girls and trainers, is easy to use, free of charge and enables you to conduct compact, effective and fun training on MHM. This is what sets the MHM Education Guide apart from other solutions:
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Compact
The Guide enables a compact training of two sessions, each 60-90 minutes.
Free of charge
The Guide is entirely free of charge. Implementation costs are minimal.
Fun
The MHM training is fun for girls thanks to the relatable story and exciting activities.
Easy to use
Trainers don't need specialised training or prior knowledge on menstruation to conduct a successful training. One hour of preparation is enough.
Effective
The Guide is used by organisations across the globe. External evaluations prove: the Guide works!
Beyond knowledge
A training with the Guide goes beyond providing information - it also empowers and engages girls on good MHM.
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What is great about the MHM Education Guide is that girls and trainers were at the centre of its development. The stories and characters of the Guide were inspired by their real-life experiences, and everything was tested with their involvement - that's why it's so effective!
Ina Jurga, Lead Menstrual Health & Hygiene at WASH United
Start educating girls today
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Our offer
Use the MHM Education Guide free of charge for your planned or ongoing period education program. Also participate in our public learning events and webinars and get access to useful supporting resources
Our ask
Report on your impact annually (super simple form, etc) so that we can learn and improve the Guide. Don't alter the Guide, use the Guide for commercial purposes or share it with third-parties without prior written permission
More details
The Guide is available in many versions, we are very confident that you will find a version that fits to your specific program. Simply choose the Guide version when you download the Guide
Contextualized to 4 World Regions: South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East, Latin America
Translated into more than 20 languages, including e.g. Hindi, ...
The Guide is so easy to use that you could start educating girls right away. Nevertheless we provide you with supporting materials that help to implement the guide in all types of settings. Those materials will come with the download of the Guide
Resource Book for teachers and trainers with additional information about menstruation ...
Training of Trainers Manual, that makes it easy to share guide with colleagues or partners
Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Toolkit, that makes it easy to mearure impact of your trainings/programs
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Access to digital Learning Events on period education
Newsletter & regular updates
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Sport and Menstruation
MHM in emergencies
Re-usable pad making (coming soon!)
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Do you want to use the Guide for a large-scale government programme? We offer free customisation options for programmes that reach more than 100,000 girls. Get in touch to learn more.
More details
Logo integration
New language versions
Contextualized story
Design adaptations
Implementation support tailor made to your needs
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Impact on the ground
Since 2018, up to 300 organisations across the globe have used the MHM Education Guide, reaching over 2.1 million girls (as of the end of 2022). External evaluations of the training using the MHM Education Guide prove the impact:
70%
of girls showed improved knowledge of menstruation and MHM
24%
decrease in the number of girls who felt worried and upset about their period
27%
increase in the number of girls who didn't feel awkward talking to friends about menstruation
72%
of girls felt that they received more support from other girls after the training
What our partners say
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Collaborating with WASH United made complete sense - they already had a high-quality, tested MHM Education Guide. Together, we adapted it for our Girl Guides and leaders. The Guide has strengthened our MHM work. It has been really well received by Guiding organisations across Africa and – more importantly – by the Girl Guides and Scouts themselves.
Lorna Tallowin, Global Project Manager, WAGGGS
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The girls are now more open to talking about periods. They don't hesitate to ask difficult questions and they also don't shy away from sharing their information. This has turned out to be one of the most important programmes for us.
Abhijeet Barse, Director, Slum Soccer
Some of the organisations using the Guide:
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A success story
Partner stories
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The MHM Education Guide in action
Learn more about how other organisations have used the MHM Education Guide to teach girls about menstruation and how they can manage it.
Slum Soccer
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS)
Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI)
MHM Master Trainers
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Introducing the MHM Master Trainers
Our Master Trainers are a group of people who know everything there is to know about the MHM Education Guide. Most of them have professional backgrounds in MHM and/or drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). Their role is to train others to use the Guide in MHM education programmes, and to support organisations as they integrate the Guide into their work. The Trainers are currently based in South Asia and East Africa, but we will be establishing more in other regions soon.
Kinjal Sharma
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Organisation: Kaboom Social Impact Private Limited
Location: New Delhi – Faridabad, India
Languages: English and Hindi
Kinjal is a communications enthusiast with a degree in development communication from Jamia. She has issue-specific expertise on MHM and has played a major role in developing content using HCD tools for India and Sub-Saharan Africa. Kinjal is not afraid to get her hands dirty and travels extensively in India to build the capacity to spread MHM awareness and education.
Ackissah Baluti
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Organisation: WAGGGS
Location: Kampala, Uganda
Languages: English, Chichewa, Nyanja
Ackissah is a girl guide and menstruation activist who directly supports the delivery of the Red Pride MHM initiative with WAGGGS and the YESS Girls Movement. She is someone with an intrinsic passion for advocating and voicing issues on the topic of MHM both locally and internationally. Previously she participated in the 58th Commission on the Status of Women as a Malawian youth delegate. She holds an advanced certificate in business administration and is currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in the same subject.
Steve Juma
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Location: Kisumu, Kenya
Languages: English, Swahili
Steve is a skilled public health professional with significant experience in the development, implementation and evaluation of WASH and MHM programmes. He has worked in technical support in the WASH sector, and as a trainer in WASH and MHM programmes in the public and private sectors in East Africa. He has a bachelor's degree in public health.
Ines Binwa Dz'ko
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Location: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Languages: French
Ines has been a doctor for five years and has worked in the field of sexual and reproductive health and rights including menstrual health, gender-based violence and reproductive health.
Bellen Moges
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Organisation: Splash International
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Languages: English and Amharic
Bellen has approximately ten years' of experience in the field of public health. She has worked with Splash International in Ethiopia as a menstrual health programme coordinator since 2019, and as such she leads menstrual health programmes designed for school WASH programmes. She has a master's degree in public health.
Winnie Nyabenge
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Organisation: Moving the Goalposts
Location: Kilifi, Kenya
Languages: English and Swahili
Winnie is a public health and development professional with over six years’ experience in coordinating and implementing WASH, MHM and SRHR programmes in East Africa. She has experience in building the capacity of organisations and schools through training sessions and implementing MHM programmes. She has developed and implemented MHM programmes in humanitarian contexts such as the Kakuma refugee camp, and has trained 40 sports for development organisations from East Africa on MHM.
FAQs, tips and webinars
Do you have more questions? Please check out at the FAQs or learn more in the recorded webinars.
More questions? Contact Ina
If you have questions about the MHM Education Guide that are not answered here, contact us and we will be happy to answer them.