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3rd Annual Virtual Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) in WASH in Schools (WinS)
Conference
October 29th, 2014
To register, e-mail your name and the country where you will join from online to
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The 3rd virtual MHM in WinS conference will build on the content and recommendations of the prior two
conferences and continue the effort to fill in the gaps in the existing knowledge and advocacy around this
important issue. The one-day conference will bring together academics and health, gender, education, and
water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) experts from around the world currently implementing MHM-related
activities.
Conference objectives:
To share recent research findings that relate to various aspects of MHM in WinS
To highlight school-based MHM program descriptions and their potential for scale
To share recommendations about how new MHM programs can be developed by WinS practitioners
3rd Virtual Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) in WASH in Schools (WinS) Conference
Columbia University & UNICEF
AGENDA
7:45am REGISTRATION AND COFFEE/TEA 8:10 – 8:30am INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
Welcome – Lisa Metsch, Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University & Nora Fyles UNGEI
Introduction to MHM Conference – Lizette Burgers, UNICEF 8:30 – 10:35am SESSION I:
5 presentations (15 min each) & Discussants
10:35 – 10:50am COFFEE/TEA BREAK 10:50 – 12:55pm SESSION II
5 presentations (15 min each) & Discussants
12:55 – 1:20pm LUNCH 1:20 – 3:50pm SESSION III:
6 presentations (15 min each) & Discussants
3:50 – 4:10pm DISCUSSANTS ‐‐ analyze & summarize the sessions
Therese Mahon, WaterAid
Archana Patkar, WSSCC 4:10 – 5:10pm GROUP BREAKOUTS
Group breakouts to discuss 10 year aims and ideas for the focus for the 4th virtual conference on MHM in WinS planned for 2015
5:10 – 5:20pm WRAP UP AND CONCLUDING REMARKS
Lizette Burgers, UNICEF
5:20 – 6:00pm RECEPTION
SESSION ASSIGNMENTS and TIMING OF PRESENTATIONS Sessions I, II, II
Session Country Title/Content Organization & Contact Person
*Presenters ~ be online for entire session where assigned. Estimated time slots may shift depending on lync connectivitity.
8:10 – 8:30am Welcome and Introductions
Columbia University, UNGEI, UNICEF
Session I: 8:30am – 10:35am
15 minute presentation & 10 min Q&A *2 discussants/session (Seung Lee, Save the Children & Belen Torondel, LSHTM)
8:30 – 8:55am India Psychosocial factors and gender norms around menstruation and their effects on girls’ agency: A study in three districts in Uttar Pradesh, India.
UNICEF ‐ Mario Mosquera; Alka Malhotra
8:55 – 9:20am Kenya Initiation of an MHM program for menstrual hygiene products: Inferences for WinS programs following an acceptability, use and safety study.
Liverpool School of Trop Med ‐ Penny Phillips‐Howard
9:20 – 9:45am Sri Lanka Handbook on information related to menstruation and menstrual hygiene of adolescent school girls in the district of Kalutara, Sri Lanka
National Institute of Health Sciences ‐‐ Asanthi Balapitiya
9:45 – 10:10am Pakistan Learning, Acting and Learning (LAL) Research on School's Menstrual Hygiene Management
UNICEF Pakistan – Kamran Naeem
10:10– 10:35am Cambodia Developing the Cambodia girl’s puberty book: Incorporating girls' voiced experiences of puberty and menstruation
Grow & Know – Susan Connolly (based in Philippines)
10:35 – 10:50 BREAK
Session II: 10:50 – 12:55
15 minute presentation & 10 min Q&A *2 discussants/session (Teresa Calderon, UNICEF & Bethany Caruso, Emory University)
10:50 – 11:15am Tajikistan Unveiling the Central Asia Scene: Menstrual stories from girls in Tajikistan
Emory Univ/Save the Children – Gloria Driessnack Sclar
11:15 – 11:40pm Uganda Neglect of proper menstrual hygiene management (MHM) in design of most sanitation facilities
Water for People – Osbert Atwijukye
11:40 – 12:05pm Zambia Let’s talk about it! Integrating MHM into the Ministry of Education system in Zambia
WASHplus/SPLASH – Sarah Fry
12:05 – 12:30pm Rwanda Girls on the go! SHE28: The intersection between innovation, health, WASH and economic development for girls and women in Rwanda
SHE ‐ CeCe Camacho; Nadia Hitimana
12:30 – 12:55pm Kenya Menstruation, school attendance, spatial mobility and wider gender inequalities in Kenya
Univ of Nottingham & Camfed ‐ Sarah
Jewitt & Harriet Ryley (based in UK)
12:55 – 1:20 BREAK
Session III: 1:20‐3:50
15 minute presentation & 10 min Q&A *2 discussants/session (Penny Phillips‐Howard, Liverpool School of Trop Med & Archana Patkar, WSSCC)
1:20 ‐ 1:45 Global
Puberty Education & Menstrual Hygiene Management
UNESCO – Scott Pulizzi
1:45 ‐2:10 India Menstrual hygiene management health impact (RTIs) in Indian women of reproductive age and its implication for school girls
London Sch of Hyg & Trop Medicine – Belen Torondel
2:10 ‐ 2:35 14 countries Strengthening Capacity: Administration of an E‐Course to Enable Rigorous MHM Research in 14 UNICEF Countries
Emory Univ (and UNICEF/Columbia Univ) – Bethany Caruso
2:35 ‐ 3:00 Bolivia/Global Developing and utilizing games as a tool for understanding MHM: the process and potential for research and practice
Save the Children – Jeanne Long
3:00 ‐ 3:25 Global “Knocking down menstrual taboos”: A game based MHM curriculum designed for Africa and Asia – for girls, boys and teachers
WASH United – Ina Jurga
3:25 ‐ 3:50 Global MHM Operational guidelines Save the Children ‐ Jacquelyn Haver
3:50 ‐ 4:10 Discussants Two discussants: *Therese Mahon, WaterAid *Archana Patkar, WSSCC
4:10 ‐ 5:10 Group Breakout
Discussion of the 10 year agenda for MHM in WinS (research, practice, policy)
5:30 ‐ 6:15 Reception UNICEF
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