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March is Endometriosis Awareness Month, a time to bring awareness to an important condition impacting millions of people! Click here to learn more about the experiences of Kenyan women living with endometriosis, written by Marni Sommer and others: 🔗 bit.ly/4hpKXKF

Check out Bhavana Huliyar’s blog post on the importance of menstrual health research and education. She discusses advancing menstrual practices through a combination of research, education, and creating safe spaces. Learn more here: 🔗 bit.ly/4hw5FbM

Check out our new article about Menstrual-Friendly Public Toilets (MFPTs), including results from the qualitative portion of the study to understand opportunities and challenges to creating MFPTs across the globe! 🔗 bit.ly/4kXUxr6

‼️ Check out our new article highlighting a qualitative assessment of a faith-based distribution of puberty books from Dr. Marni Sommer and colleagues: 🔗bit.ly/42XNfxc

🙌🏼 Check out our PeriodPossePresents Webinar from last week in case you missed it! Watch the recording to learn more about the importance of school nurses in providing menstrual health education and care for children from experts across the globe: 🔗bit.ly/4gQEvvQ

🌟Reminder about our webinar tomorrow morning! Details and registration link below. Hope to see you there!

✍🏻 Check out our new article about an audit study of menstrual friendly public toilets in various urban spaces across the globe from GATE team and our collaborators! Click here to learn more: 🔗 bit.ly/4hmqmrC

🎉 Join us on Wednesday, February 19, 8:00 AM ET, for our PPP webinar bringing together experts in Sweden, China, and the U.S. to highlight the integral role of school nurses in supporting students’ menstrual health. 🩺 Register here: 🔗 bit.ly/40Ivu25

🏥 Menstrual hygiene management is incredibly important to consider in emergency and humanitarian contexts! Click here for information, tools, and resources on this topic: 🔗 bit.ly/4aHXpny.

‼️ Check out our new article highlighting the need for more data on adolescent menstrual health and the importance of funding and research from Dr. Marni Sommer and colleagues: 🔗 lnkd.in/gtgrEtNe

🚨 Announcing our Period Posse Presents Webinar schedule for the Spring 2025 season! We are hosting a webinar on how school nurses can support students' menstrual health needs and an interactive masterclass on MHH monitoring and indicators. Sign up here: 📷bit.ly/3Cmi8Ar

We are excited to welcome Manuella Messie and Bhavana Huliyar to the team as our new spring research assistants! 🙌🏼  Manuella and Bhavana are second year MPH candidates in Sociomedical Sciences and the Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health at Columbia. Welcome!!

Check out our new article article about a period and puberty intervention for girls aged 9-12 in NYC! Read the article here: 🔗 bit.ly/40lmSPT

New year, fresh beginnings! ✨ Grateful for the partnerships—old and new—that inspire us to keep building a more equitable and menstrual friendly society together. Here's to collaboration and progress in 2025! 🌍💪

In 2014, the “MHM in Ten” meeting mapped out a 10 year agenda (2014 – 2024) for transforming schools for menstruating students. Join us to look back at what has been achieved over the last decade! link: bit.ly/4gCY3o4

‼️ Check out our new article on Menstruation Myths and their impact on the health and well-being of individuals, and social and cultural norms that impact menstrual health. Check it out here: 🔗bit.ly/4eY7PzM ✍🏻

✍🏻 This recent article discusses the commercial determinants of menstrual health, regulating menstrual product manufacturers, and the need for more research and governmental attention to menstrual product manufacturers: Check it out here! 🔗bit.ly/3BkdjXF

📣 REMINDER: Health & Places’s Special Issue: Gender and Sanitation in Urban Environments and are looking for submissions regarding gendered sanitation needs in urban areas. Deadline to submit is December 20th! 🔗bit.ly/4aNsLHu

🚽 Recording is now available for our recent Interactive Masterclass on using the Menstrual Friendly Public Toilet Toolkit! Learn more about how to navigate the toolkit here: 🔗bit.ly/4eYamdm

Happy Thanksgiving! Grateful to our collaborators, to everyone working to achieve menstrual health equity, and to the wonderful staff at GATE bring such passion to the work. The GATE team wishes everyone a safe and gratitude-filled day!