logo

Menstruation Shouts

View knowledge product

This project aimed to collect information about the menstrual health experiences and challenges faced by menstruating healthcare workers working on the frontline of the COVID-19 response, as well as adolescent girls affected by the stay-at-home measures implemented due to the COVID-19 response in Egypt and Kenya.

The semi-structured interviews and digital storytelling videos provided participants with an opportunity to reflect on their menstruation experiences in the workplace. This environment allowed for the sharing and exploration of misconceptions freely. As part of this project, the following video series was created:

Knowledge product details

  • Covid-19 Grants

  • 2020

  • Egypt

  • Kenya

  • COVID-19

  • Menstrual health and hygiene

  • SRHR services

  • Share-Net International

  • Arabic

  • English

  • Fact Sheet

  • Research

  • Video Series

KP creators involved

Download Knowledge Products

COVID-19 massively reshaped the functionality of healthcare systems around the globe. Female healthcare workers are among the most affected groups because of the absence of fair policies that preserve their reproductive rights and their safe practices around their menstruation. In this blog,  Hadir Barbar, the project lead of the Menstruation Shouts Project, reflects on their own learning experience and presents a glimpse of real menstrual health challenges faced on a daily basis by menstruating healthcare workers during the pandemic

 

Download knowledge product

Visual fact sheet of a qualitative study in Egypt and Kenya on menstrual health challenges among adolescent girls during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Download knowledge product

Narrative fact sheet on the impacts of COVID-19 on menstrual health management among adolescent girls in Egypt and Kenya.

Download knowledge product

KP creators involved


Wejdan وچدان

Wejdan initiative promotes adequate health education and services.

Joy Amani Initiative

Joy Amani initiative is a community-based organization aimed at providing resources to educate the community on relevant social and economic issues and ensuring a better everyday society through the aid of donors and well-wishers.

More Knowledge products

Development of outcome indicators to assess the impact of integrating youth sexual reproductive health information programs into higher education curriculum in Jordan

  • Small Grants

The aim of this project was to create a new programme to integrate sexual reproductive health with other efforts to improve education and information for health promotion in the curriculum.

View knowledge product

RAHMY: Respectful Abuse-free Humanized Motherhood through Youth-Empowerment

  • Knowledge Activation Grants

RAHMY is a research project that explores Shared Decision Making (SDM) as a tool in Respectful Maternal Care (RMC). Patient-Centered Care (PCC) has been identified by the World Health Organization as a key aspect in improving the quality of care within an integrated holistic health systems approach. However, there is limited focus on the role Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and youth empowerment play. Recent data from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) have unveiled gaps in gender equity and autonomy in SRHR decision-making. Across the Eastern Mediterranean Region, the decision-making power on SRHR, including maternal health, remains mostly in the hands of men.

View knowledge product