Menstrual hygiene management to improve the attendance of primary school-aged girls in Central North, Burkina Faso
2017
How to improve the conditions for girls to attend school, to reduce failure and drop-out rates of
adolescent girls, while ensuring their dignity and protection? This was the consideration that motivated
the Kom-Yilma project, implemented by Catholic Relief Services in Burkina Faso and financed by the
Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, to undertake a behavior-change strategy for
menstrual-hygiene management in 118 schools in Bam and Sanmatenga Provinces. Discussions and
behavior-change communication activities, providing an appropriate space for girls and the active
participation of women leaders have already demonstrated positive results for a subject generally
considered taboo in the intervention zone.
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