Guidance Note Menstrual Hygiene Management Kit and Cash and Voucher Assistance Programming

Publication language
English
Pages
4pp
Date published
06 May 2020
Type
Tools, guidelines and methodologies
Keywords
Cash-based transfers (CBT), Gender, Health, Water, sanitation and hygiene
Organisations
Plan International
Link
https://www.calpnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/ninja-forms/2/Guidance-note-Menstrual-Hygiene-Management-kit-and-Cash-and-Voucher

A guidance note outlining how typical cash and voucher assistance programmes can be used harnessed to distribute Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) kits.

MHM kits primarily consist of hygiene and sanitary items. While the generic hygiene kits (soap, sanitary materials, toothbrushes and toothpaste) help people improve their cleanliness, the MHM kits serve a broader purpose, and therefore, contain a wider range of items (sanitary pads, undergarments, headscarves, abayas, shawls, whistles, torches and small containers for washing personal items) in addition to the generic hygiene items