As a promising practice in Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI), the WASH UP! Girl Talk project challenged the harmful and discriminating socio-cultural systems, norms and taboos around menstrual hygiene and puberty that girls and boys experienced. It addressed gaps in pubertal health and menstrual hygiene education for pre-adolescent and adolescent girls and boys and established the notion that puberty and menstruation are a way of growing up and a natural fact of life that should be celebrated. This project empowered primary school aged girls and boys to practice and promote healthy water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH).
This story book presents some of the success stories of schoolgirls and boys, school health teachers, parents and other community members on the impact of the project on Gender Equality and Social Inclusion.
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