Menstrual hygiene and management

Finance for Development- Final Project
As we learn from SDGs and F4D, the targets to achieve SDGs require billions to trillion. This will only be possible if we engage all stakeholder. As per cascade model, a government must consider public-private partnership as the priority. Therefore, my target audience will be the decision makers namely government. The government must mobilize the domestic resources available to meet its development needs. This project will talk about a major issue of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), and its relation to the economy of a country at large. Many research and data are available to substantiate the ill-effects of poor management of menstruation. However, we have hardly achieved any milestone to address this issue mainly for the "not so well to do" population. Many rural and urban slum girls fail to avail basic rights and services because of this issue. This presentation encourages the decision makers to consider this concept for enhancing economic activity that can meaningfully meet the demands for its needy population.
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1. Menstrual Hygiene and
Management
An age old issue for marginalised section that poses
major challenge towards sustainable development

2. Why is this a problem ???
Myths, misconception
and social stigma
towards menstruation
Unhealthy practices
during periods
Unavailability of
sanitary pads and
underwears and
clean toilets
Recurrent
infection in
reproductive
tract among
girls
Restricted
outdoor
activities
Increase in
school
dropout and
absenteeism
Decreased opportunity for skill
development
Decrease participation of
females in productive
workforce
Economic
dis-empower
ment of
females
Decrease in country GDP

3. Reason for Participation
Government Official Aid ProvidersPrivate Sector
1.Scope for
increase in GDP
2.Increase in
Voters support
3.Increase in
literacy
SDG Goal 5 (Target):
Ensure women’s full
and effective
participation and
equal opportunities
for leadership at all
levels of
decisionmaking in
political, economic
and public life


1.Untapped market
for sanitary and
underwears
2.Clinical services
for reproductive
tract infections
3.Scope for toilet
construction and
maintenance

4. Obstacles or Challenges
Government Official Aid Providers Private Sector
1.Government lacks
sufficient number of
production house for
sanitary pads and
underwear
2.Government face
difficulty in
community
mobilisation and
BCC without the help
of local NGO
participation
1.Unaware of the
issues where they
can provide technical
support


1.Uncertainty on
market demand
2.Unavailability of
technology to
produce low cost,
quality sanitary pads
3.Insecurity in
business climate to
venture in toilet
construction and
maintenance
services

5. Solution
Government
(Funds)
Invites participation of
private sector for
social marketing on
menstrual hygiene,
and sanitary pads,
underwear production
Official Aid
Provider
Finance for Quality
assurance and
technology transfer
Vendor
selection in a
transparent
manner
Capacity
building of
vendor
1.Social marketing
for BCC
2.Sanitary pads
production
3.Underwear
production
Distribution of services and
products at subsidised rate
in the beginning and as
economy improves subsidy
can be removed
Clients
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