Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) in Emergencies for Emergency WASH Trainers 5 April This training has been supported by Sarah House

Aims 1.Provide an opportunity for emergency WASH trainers or those with a training responsibility to improve / update their knowledge and confidence to integrate MHM into their trainings 2.To provide the opportunity for emergency WASH trainers to share ideas with each other on how to best integrate MHM into trainings 2

Agenda 3 NoTimeMinSession nameKey learning points 8.30 – 9.00Arrival and registration – Welcome, introductions, agendaMeeting each other, agenda – Taboos, myths, practicalities, cross- sectoral communication The basics, myths, taboos, why MHM is important in emergencies, importance of cross-sectoral communication – WASH trainings – integrating MHM Options for integration of MHM into emergency WASH trainings – Coffee / tea break – Facilitator groups preparation Preparation to facilitate MHM exercises – Facilitator group 1 – Sanitary materials Plenary exercise / discussion Sanitary protection material considerations and options – Facilitator group 2 – Assessments, WASH facilities design, feedback Small group work Assessments, WASH facilities design and feedback considering MHM – Lunch

Agenda 4 NoTimeMinSession nameKey learning points – Small group feedback to plenary & discussion As above – Facilitator group 3 – Scenarios Small group work (40) Small group feedback to plenary & discussion (30) Practicalities of MHM in emergencies considering different scenarios – three from: MHM in health facilities; MHM and HIV; MHM in schools; MHM in refugee camp – Reflection on facilitated group sessions and other ideas / experiences Reflection on methodologies – strengths, weaknesses, improvements – Coffee / tea break – Improving MHM in emergencies - what next? Areas requiring further learning by WASH actors in the field – Start-up toolkit of materials and visual aids Contents of the start-up toolkit and visual aids – Reflection, feedback and closure Feedback

Contributions to the materials included in this day: Learning from trainings run or awareness raising sessions for or on behalf of: REDR, UNICEF, UNHCR, Austrian Red Cross, Yme, ACF, MSF Holland, EEHF Research which went into the preparation of: ‘Menstrual Hygiene Matters; A resource for improving menstrual hygiene around the world’ developed by a team at WaterAid with inputs from many people around the world, co-published by 18 organisations Experiences, case studies, materials from: IRC, OXFAM-GB, ACF, MSF, IFRC, Suzanne Ferron, Dr Marni Sommer, WEDC, WaterAid, UNICEF and a range of other organisations Donations / contributions to items for the toolkits: MakaPads; AFRIpads (U) Ltd; WEDC; WASHplus/HIP/USAID; UNICEF Afghanistan; and other materials provided by: WaterAid; REDR; SHARE; Sarah House Staff / individuals time contributions: RedR (Michelle Farrington), WaterAid (Sue Cavill), Independent (Sarah House) Training materials developed / collated by Sarah House utilising the learning and contributions noted above 5 This training has been supported by Sarah House

Materials are being shared as open source materials: – For use and adaption by emergency WASH trainers across organisations When using these materials: – Please credit photographs as identified in these materials – Please credit original publications where published materials are referred to or utilised – We would appreciate having feedback if you use materials from today’s session and how useful (or otherwise) they were; plus any new ideas that work well and you are happy to share with others – please feedback to: 6 This training has been supported by Sarah House