Period Positive Schools Program
Education is foundational to opportunity, gender equality, and dignity. This program fosters supportive, stigma-free environments where students can navigate menstruation at school with confidence, knowledge, and access to the support they need, so they can stay engaged in their education, participate fully, and thrive.
Why It Matters
For millions of students around the world, periods are a barrier to confidence, school participation, attendance, and educational opportunity.
In Nepal, approximately 63% of girls miss school during their period. In Ghana, 9 out of 10 girls are absent from school during menstruation. In Cambodia, 74% of students feel that menstruating girls should not go to school.
Our Approach
Through an integrated approach that combines health education, menstrual products, and school and community engagement, this program creates school environments where students feel informed, supported, and can reach their full potential.
Menstrual Product Access
Ensuring women and girls have reliable, sustainable menstrual products when and where they need them.
Menstrual Health Education
Building knowledge, confidence, and body literacy to break stigma and support lifelong health.
Policy & Advocacy
Advancing systemic change to create supportive environments and expand access at scale.
Our Period Positive School model can be adapted to diverse educational and cultural contexts around the world and is designed to support outcomes such as:
Increased Knowledge
Improved confidence
Reduced
stigma
Greater participation
Supportive environments
Student
wellbeing
Locally led, globally connected
Meet the team who is transforming how the world understands and experiences menstrual health.