In light of World Refugee Day 2022, the Executive Director of PMNCH, Helga Fogstad, featured IAWG and its work to improve policies, strengthen practice, mobilize resources, and improve accountability.
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As the war intensifies in Ukraine, Women on Web, an international online abortion service, is receiving more and more requests for abortion pills from Ukrainian refugees arriving in neighboring countries. Therefore, Women on Web is providing free services to anyone who has fled the war and who wants to terminate their pregnancy. We are in the process of adding more Ukrainian resources and information on our website, scaling up our service delivery and our online consultation is now available in Ukrainian language. Please support our work and help us continue to provide free services for Ukrainian refugees by donating.
The Ugandan government understands that the journey towards menstrual equity is a joint effort, requiring partnership and collaboration across sectors. That is why in April, the Ministry of Education and Sport (MOES) Gender Equity and Budgeting Unit convened a range of stakeholders to provide feedback on their National Strategic Draft Plan (NSP) for Menstrual Health and Hygiene (MHH) to increase buy-in and commitment to prioritize and fund MHH programming.
Days for Girls International shares lessons learned from their locally-led team in Malawi about what it takes to cultivate supportive menstrual health environments that stand the test of time. Check out the full article to learn how DfG centers community voices, local leadership, social entrepreneurship and advocacy to create holistic programs, set up to endure.