On International Menstrual Hygiene Day, it is important to redouble the sense of urgency to provide better water, sanitation, hygiene, and solid waste services in order to guarantee equal opportunities to girls, adolescents, and women in Latin America and the Caribbean. By Anamaria Nuñez and Julio Marenco Sol has never missed a single day of class so far this school year. … [Read more...] about Menstrual hygiene can’t (and shouldn’t) wait
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Menstruating: a challenge in the sky and on land
Access to water and sanitation and its impact on menstrual hygiene distresses women both on Earth and in space Hardly anybody knows that the menstrual cycle at zero gravity is one of the logistic variables for space missions. Since the sixties, over 60 women astronauts have had to figure out how to deal with their periods aboard spaceships. The physical impacts as well as … [Read more...] about Menstruating: a challenge in the sky and on land