Menstrual Rights Global Blog
Menstrual Rights Global presents an innovative and neoteric thought leadership platform that is co-designed to elevate the voices of researchers, advocates, communications specialist, healthcare workers, community facilitators, policymakers, and activist that are driving the menstrual health agenda in their context.
We welcome submissions that apply rights-based approaches and an intersectional lens to offer a unique perspective on menstrual health and period poverty.
According to the UNFPA,
1.3B
There are 1.3 billion women, adolescent girls, non-binary individuals, and transgender men that menstruate every month

Number of girls out of school worldwide in 2016
800M
800 million individuals are menstruating each day!

Women die from complications in pregnancy or child
500M
500 million of these people do not have the resources, time or spaces in environments that are free from stigma and shame to attain their menstrual health.

Need for contraception in sub-Saharan Africa left unmet

Breaking the Silence: The Psychology of Menstruation Among African Girls
Alu Mary OJima To promote a #PeriodFriendlyWorld for Menstrual Hygiene Day 2026, Alu Mary Ojima reflects on how the silence surrounding menstruation begins in childhood

The Cost of Silence: Financing Menstrual Health in East and Southern Africa- Reflections from Zambia and Uganda
As we observe Menstrual Hygiene Day 2026, we reaffirm that menstrual health is a foundational pillar of human rights, dignity, and public health. While we

From Doha to Geneva: Why Youth Leadership Must Shape Sustainable Development
Tallulah Glancy, Youth Council, Menstrual Rights Global This week, as the global health community convenes for the 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva, discussions around
Submission Guidelines
- Blogs must offer a unique perspective on menstrual health in the context go gender equality, WASH, emergencies, conflict, decolonisation, crisis, education, SRHR, public health, global, national, or local policy, community-driven programmes, or grassroots advocacy initiatives.
- Blogs must be 900-1,200 words in length – References must be embedded via hyperlinks.
- Information on co-authors must be submitted – full name, affiliations, & relevant Twitter handles.
- Blogs can have no more than five authors – there must be ONLY one corresponding author.
- Authorship must be regionally balanced.
- priority will be given to authors from low- to middle-income countries.
- Publication is at the discretion of the Menstrual Rights Global Editorial Team.