Around the world, women and girls continue to be prevented from getting an education, earning an income and fully and equally participating in everyday life due to menstruation. Menstrual Hygiene Day brings focus to issues surrounding menstrual health and hygiene and the following:

1.Break the taboos and end the stigma surrounding menstruation.
2. Raise awareness about the challenges regarding access to menstrual products, education about menstruation and period-friendly sanitation facilities.

PA Sri Lanka believes in the need to educate everybody, regardless if they menstruate or not, on what periods are and why they happen. Everyone understanding the menstrual cycle lessens the myths and confusion around it. FPA, through its island-wide Comprehensive Sexuality Education programmes in schools, provides knowledge on puberty and how to manage menstruation tied to sexual and reproductive health education. We are committed to building programmes that increase the confidence, knowledge, and skills of adolescents and youth. A social media campaign was carried out, and we featured a few period pros and advocates on menstrual health and hygiene to help raise awareness on a variety of related issues and topics.

Click to view the videos:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGciomgK3Ck&list=PLwW4rbnIojGMhzSgnFn3e7cENNQlDYI0J&pp=iAQB