ASSESSMENT OF THE NEED OF ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL CSO
COALITION ON MENSTRUAL HEALTH AND HYGIENE
MANAGEMENT ADVOCACY IN UGANDA
African Youth Development Link (AYDL), Health Plus Development Communication
(HEDCO) and Together Alive Health Initiative (TAHI) through ‘The Strengthening
Civil Society in Uganda project’ commissioned a study to explore opportunities of
establishing and or building a strong CSO Coalition on menstrual health and hygiene
management (MHHM) as a general purpose vehicle to galvanize and unite all
menstrual health and hygiene management actors across sectors to contribute towards
achieving better adolescent girls’ and young women’s menstrual health and hygiene
outcomes.
Assessment For the Need to Establish a National
CSO Coalition on Menstrual Health and Hygiene
Management Advocacy in Uganda
Background
• Menstrual health and hygiene is a development.
and multi-sectoral issue
• It is an enabler of other SDGs such as education,
gender equality, poverty – it nourishes them
• Resolution 6.2 of the UNGA on 2030 development
agenda focuses on achieving access to adequate
and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all.
EVALUATION AND MAPPING OF THE MENSTRUAL HYGIENE AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT (MHH/M) ADVOCACY LANDSCAPE IN UGANDA
The Strengthening Civil Society in Uganda project - a four-month project
supported by a pilot grant from the Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC)
Implemented by AYDL in partnership with Health plus Development Communication (HEDCO) and Together Alive Health Initiative (TAHI).
The project capitalizes on the momentum built by the current informal collective initiative of the 2018 CSO commemorations of the Global Menstrual Hygiene Day in Uganda