The Ministry of Gender, Children and social Protection (MoGCSP) with support from partners, will on today, May 26, 2023, celebrate World Menstrual Hygiene Day.
This year’s World Menstrual Hygiene Day is being commemorated under a global theme “Making Menstruation a Normal Fact of Life by 2030.”
The World Menstrual Hygiene Day is an annual awareness day celebrated globally on May 28 to highlight the importance of good menstrual hygiene management at a global level and was initiated by the German-based NGO WASH United in 2013 and was first celebrated in 2014.
The World Menstrual Hygiene Day is being observed on May 28, because menstrual cycles average 28 days in length and people menstruate an average of five days each month and May is the fifth month of the year.
The day’s celebration is part of ongoing global efforts to break the taboos and end the stigma surrounding menstruation, raise awareness about the challenges regarding access to menstrual products, education about menstruation and period-friendly sanitation facilities.
Considering the importance of the day’s celebration, the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP) through the Adolescent Girls Division in collaboration with partners, will bring together over 150 adolescent girls from six slump communities in Montserrado County and it’s surrounding to observe the day by creating awareness.
An indoor program marking the official celebration of the day will take place Friday, May 26, 2023 at the EJS Ministerial Complex where speakers will enlighten the minds of first-time menstruators on menstrual health and hygiene promotion, essence of the day, and also, distribute menstrual management packages including disposable sanitary pad and towels.
