Launch of the UNESCO Good Policy and Practice Booklet on Puberty Education and Menstrual Hygiene Management

When :

from Thursday 13 March, 2014
09:30
to Friday 14 March, 2014
11:55

Type of event :

Press Conference

Where :

UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

UNESCO is teaming up with UN partners, and UNESCO’s private sector partner Proctor & Gamble, to take forward its puberty education work. To that end UNESCO will launch its Good Policy and Practice Booklet on Puberty Education and and Menstrual Hygiene Management. This will be the 9th in the popular UNESCO series.
The aim of the launch and the work conducted by the different partners is to increase commitment to addressing and implementing puberty education (PE) and menstrual hygiene management (MHM) in educational institutions.