In honor of Menstrual Hygiene Management Day (May 28), the IRC talked with women from the Democratic Republic of Congo and other conflict areas where we work about the challenges of managing their periods while living as refugees.
In honor of Menstrual Hygiene Management Day (May 28), the International Rescue Committee talked with women from the Democratic Republic of Congo and other conflict areas where we work about how they managed their periods while living as refugees.
At any given moment, some 455 million women and girls will be experiencing their periods. For many of them, menstruation might cause no more than a minor inconvenience – but for women living as refugees it can pose real challenges.