Menstrual Hygiene Management has been noted as a challenge worldwide where women and girls are deprived of both the materials and support required to manage the natural flow. According to a joint study in 2013 carried out by SNV-Netherlands Development Organization and IRC-International Water and Sanitation Center on menstrual management in Uganda, women and girls especially in rural settings and in particular girls in schools suffer mostly from stigma and lack of services and facilities to help them cope with the challenges of menstruation. It is in this regard and also in the quest for establishing information resources that the 2014 National Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) conference is being organized.

The conference which is being spearheaded by different stakeholders with interest in menstrual hygiene management aims to champion the theme “Break the Silence: Join the Discourse on Menstrual Management” (please see: mhmconference2014.wordpress.com/) which is in line with the goal of International Menstrual Hygiene Day of creating awareness regarding menstrual hygiene management and enabling women and girls reach their full potential.

The 2014 National Menstrual Hygiene Management Conference is now accepting papers for presentations. Papers may be submitted by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. not later than Monday June 30th 2014. This year’s conference will take place in August 12 – 13, 2014 at Hotel Africana, Kampala, Uganda.

Papers should not exceed 4 pages and should contain an abstract as well as the sub theme from which the papers draw its content. A title, author’s names, designation, email and telephone contact are required. The APA style of referencing is mandatory.

Sub-themes for which papers should be submitted are:

Local solutions to Menstrual Management (Managing the Cramps and Grumps; Sustainable menstrual hygiene management & managing the dilemmas of reuse and disposal).
Policy and legal environment on menstrual management
Menstrual hygiene management in the school environment
Menstrual hygiene management in institutions
Putting an affordable price tag to menstrual hygiene management

Authors selected to present in the conference will meet their own travel and accommodation cost.

Hallo Penny,
The call for abstracts opens on 5th May 2014 and ends at the end of May. We just posted the call earlier than the date but abstracts can be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Hi I just checked the PDF which seems to suggest the call for 'papers' opens on 5th May, and closes at end of May; not closes on 5th May?

The 1st Menstrual Hygiene Management Conference will be held from 12 – 14 August, 2014 in Kampala, Uganda.

Conference organizers NETWAS Uganda, IRC, SNV & Afripads are inviting extended abstracts for presentations or workshops proposals to be sent by 5th May 2014

NETWAS Uganda will share research and experience and build upon practical developments

The themes of the conference are:

• Local solutions to Menstrual Management (Managing the Cramps and Grumps; Sustainable menstrual hygiene management & Managing the dilemma’s of reuse and disposal).
• Policy and legal environment on menstrual management
• Menstrual hygiene management in the school environment
• Menstrual hygiene management in institutions
• Putting an affordable price tag to menstrual hygiene management