Ghana commemorates Menstrual Hygiene Day 2021

To mark International Menstrual Hygiene Day 2021, IRC Ghana joined the Ghana Education Service School Health and Education Programme (GES-SHEP) and the National Technical Committee to mark the International Menstrual Hygiene Day
To mark International Menstrual Hygiene Day 2021, IRC Ghana joined the Ghana Education Service School Health and Education Programme (GES-SHEP) and the National Technical Committee to mark the International Menstrual Hygiene Day with the launch a Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) Guidelines on 28th May, 2021 at the GNAT Headquarters in Accra.
In a speech read on behalf of the Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum called on stakeholders to work towards improving MHM to ensure that no girl was left behind. He said that Government would help the country to meet the target of the Sustainable Development Goal Four (SDG 4) - which is ensuring inclusive and equitable education for all. “It will also help us to achieve targets SDGs Six and Five, that is ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation,” he stated. He said the Ministry was committed to promoting hygienic practices around MHM, as well as providing the necessary menstrual hygiene products and infrastructure.
The Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Hon. Sarah Adwoa Safo, who delivered her address in a recorded video, said the Ministry was working with the Ministry of Finance to remove taxes on menstrual products. She also expressed the hope that through advocacy programmes on menstrual hygiene, the negative social norms surrounding menstrual hygiene would soon be a thing of the past.
The Country Representative, UNICEF Ghana, Ms. Annie Claire-Dufay stated, “We need to invest in every adolescent girl's future with more gender-friendly sanitation facilities in schools, adequate nutrition and information for girls and boys.” She also called for mainstreaming MHM and adolescent reproductive health education topics in the curriculum to provide equ…