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Publisher

UNFPA

Publication date

2025

Number of pages

12

Publication

Spotlight: Building Menopause-Friendly Workplaces Across The Private Sector

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Events

Menstrual Hygiene Day

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Menstrual Hygiene Day
UNFPA The Gambia
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News

From natural process to nightmare: How Gaza’s women and girls cope with their periods in a war zone

calendar_today02 June 2025

Women and young girls in a destroyed displacement camp in Gaza. ©UNFPA Palestine/Media Clinic
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Updates

UNFPA and Essity collaborate to improve menstrual health in the workplace

calendar_today24 September 2024

Sahil Tesfu, Chief Strategy Officer (fourth speaker from the left) shares her views on sexual and reproductive health and rights at UNFPA’s side event at the World Economic Forum 2024 © UNFPA/Marcel Mainzer
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Events

Menstrual Hygiene Day 2024

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Video

Women and girls in Gaza use torn pieces of cloth in place of sanitary pads

calendar_today14 March 2024

Women and girls in Gaza use torn pieces of cloth in place of sanitary pads

Women and girls in Gaza use torn pieces of cloth in place of sanitary pads

Lack of access to menstrual hygiene products in Gaza is forcing many women and girls, like Bakiza (47) and her daughter, to take desperate measures.

See the impact of the support being delivered by UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. 

News

UNFPA embraces femtech to boost period awareness in Burkina Faso and the Republic of Moldova

calendar_today24 August 2023

Participants try out their new IMMI watches as part of a six-month pilot programme in the Republic of Moldova. © UNFPA Moldova
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News

“We are making a difference”: Advocating against period poverty and female genital mutilation in The Gambia

calendar_today29 May 2023

Reusable pads shared at St. John's School for the Deaf.  © UNFPA The Gambia
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Events

Menstrual Hygiene Day 2023

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News

5 ways the world is changing how it sees menstruation

calendar_today26 May 2022

Menstruation is increasingly understood to be a neglected issue with human right implications. Image by Vulvani, Wikimedia Commons.
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