Menstrual Hygiene Management kit, disposable pads

General information

• Kit designed for the personal needs of one woman or adolescent girl of reproductive age for 3 months.

• Plan to distribute a Replenishment Kit every 3 months (in-kind or through cash/vouchers).

• Depending on the time span of the intervention,  after 12 months the complete kit should be distributed again.

• Consultations with women and girls of the target group must always guide the selection of hygiene, dignity, or menstrual hygiene-related items. This will include aspects like size and colour of underwear, preferred type of laundry soap and type of pads.

• Always consult with women and girls at the program design stage on how the distributions (in-kind or through vouchers) should best be organized, to allow unrestricted access, safety, and an appropriate level of information.

• There can be substantial differences in the preferences and materials used by women in urban or in rural areas.

• A number of essential items are critical to enable women and girls to manage their menstruation with dignity: a bucket, laundry soap, a rope and pegs to enable washing, drying and disposal are actually not less important than pads or underwear.

• Additional items can be added to each distributed kit, this will depend on the local context and socio-cultural situations. For example, a cloth skirt/sari/khanga/sulu can be added to support dignity of women during bathing, or to hide blood stains on clothing. A lamp or torch can also be included to increase safety.

• If the pads are of the type fastened by an elastic band around the waist, at least 2 elastic waist bands must be included in the kit.

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Last updated: 13/03/2020