DfG organizes and participates in webinars and online events all year long. Check out past webinar recordings, reports, and findings below.
May 13-14, 2026
African Menstrual Product Standards & Market Development Forum
In the lead-up to Menstrual Hygiene Day 2026, more than 400 participants from over 40 countries came together in Johannesburg, South Africa and online for the African Menstrual Product Standards & Market Development Forum. The Forum brought together stakeholders across government, civil society, manufacturing, academia, and advocacy to discuss how menstrual product standards and stronger markets can increase access to safe, reliable, and affordable menstrual products. Days for Girls hosted the event in partnership with UNFPA Eastern and Southern Regional Office, the Swedish Institute for Standards, and the African Coalition for Menstrual Health, with support from the Sanitation Hygiene Fund and Capital M.
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November 20, 2025
Nepal Menstrual Health Product Standard & Stakeholder Engagement Conference
Days for Girls Nepal and the Swedish Institute of Standards hosted a national menstrual health conference in Nepal. This conference brought together local non-governmental organizations, government officials, practitioners, researchers, and advocates working to improve menstrual health across the country. This event showcased the breadth of work happening in Nepal, foster collaboration, and provide a platform for sharing research, programming, and innovative approaches to menstrual health with a special focus on product standards.
Webinar Library
Cultural Traditions, Period Poverty and Menstrual Health Resources in north american Indigenous Communities
Days for Girls hosted this webinar exploring modern menstrual experiences and challenges in North American Indigenous communities. Researchers, advocates, and implementers shared perspectives on the revitalization of traditional coming-of-age ceremonies, learnings from menstrual product distribution programs, and calls to action on filling policy and investment gaps. The webinar culminated with the release of a new whitepaper resource and executive summary to inform and inspire changemakers working or aspiring to work on advancing menstrual health within Indigenous communities.
Empowering Educators: Implementing teacher training for comprehensive menstrual health education
Days for Girls hosted “Empowering Educators: Implementing teacher training for comprehensive menstrual health education” at the NGO UN CSW parallel conference. Together with the Cambodian Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sport and Cambodia Rural Students Trust, this session highlighted DfG’s five-year teacher training program in Cambodia that supports educators in delivering accurate, comprehensive menstrual health education.
Advancing Menstrual Health in South African Schools: Aligning with Girls’ Vision for the Future
This webinar explored girls’ visions for supportive menstrual environments in schools, building on the 2024 International Day of the Girl theme. We delved into the importance of product choice, including the acceptability of washable pads, and the challenges girls face in managing menstrual waste, both at school and in their communities. We also discussed the role of menstrual health education, based on research from MIET Africa with support from UNICEF, and watched a recording from schoolgirls about challenges they face managing their periods at school. Finally, we explored the Menstrual Health Guidelines developed by South Africa’s Department of Basic Education.
Advancing Menstrual Health, Education, and Economic Progress: A Comparative Study
This webinar shares learnings from a new study that offers recommendations to help stakeholders advocate for menstrual reforms. This study reviews the landscapes, including national and local laws, policies, and programs that address menstrual and reproductive curricula in 12 countries. Experts from India, Kenya and the United States joined the discussion to share successes, challenges and gaps associated with advancing menstrual health education.
Hosted by Days for Girls, DLA Piper, New Perimeter, African Coalition for Menstrual Health, and UNFPA ESARO in partnership with the Global Menstrual Collective and the Toilet Board Coalition.
Periods Are Everyone’s Business: Canada’s Journey to Accelerate Menstrual Equity
In celebration of International Women’s Day 2024, this webinar dives into the strides Canada’s made to accelerate access to menstrual equality both domestically and internationally. Hosted by Days for Girls, Reproductive Health Supply Chain Menstrual Health Supplies Workstream, and Bfree Cup, presentations include representation from both the national and regional government, as well as small and medium sized enterprises. Panelists discuss Canada’s Menstrual Equity Fund, showcase their global initiatives supported in lower and middle-income countries by the Fund for Innovation and Transformation, and share inspiring ways advocates helped advance product choice, policy and programming in Canada.
Investing in Menstrual Health Makes Good Business Sense. Period.
This webinar hosted by Days for Girls, PSI-Europe, and Period Positive Workplace on May 3, 2023, shares how to promote employee wellbeing and menstrual equity in the workplace. Attendees were equipped with best practices for normalizing menstruation in the workplace, learned why menstruation-focused research matters, and how menstrual health impacts people in the workplace. Experts from Kenya, India, Europe, and the United States joined to discuss how to create period-positive workplaces and how the private sector can play an integral role in establishing menstrual equity. Read the summary.
Opportunities for Menstrual Health Programming Amidst Fragile Funding Terrain
The ACMH, Days for Girls Uganda, and Days for Girls International hosted this webinat to tackle the urgent challenge of sustaining and expanding menstrual health efforts as funding becomes more uncertain. Global and community leaders shared strategies to adapt, integrate menstrual health into broader health and gender programs, and strengthen policies for lasting impact.
Advancing Menstrual Equity at the Systems Level Through Policy Shifts and Standards
Policy experts and advocates in East and Southern Africa open the conversation around regional challenges and successes in advancing policies, regulations, and programs that support women and girls to manage menstruation with health, safety, and dignity. Hosted by Days for Girls, UNFPA ESARO, and the Africa Coalition for Menstrual Health Management. Read the summary report.
Periods In and After the Pandemic: Refugee Spotlight
Practitioners working with refugee communities in four countries around the globe explore how strategies for meeting the MH needs of refugees have shifted or “built back better” in the face of COVID-19 – including key MH challenges in humanitarian settings, strategies with promise, and lessons learned. Hosted by Days for Girls with honorary co-hosts WASH United, MH Hub, and IMHER on May 26, 2021. Read the report.
Collective Action to End Period Taxes in Ghana
Days for Girls Ghana and partners share lessons learned and insights from their campaigns to abolish taxes on period products – and develop a collective plan for future action. Hosted by WASH United in association with Days for Girls Ghana and Ghana Girl Guides on February 3, 2022. Read the summary report.
Promoting Women’s Empowerment and Dignity through Choice of Menstrual Products: A Closer Look at Washable Menstrual Pads
In this virtual panel, experts and advocates in Southern Africa explore why managing menstruation with health, safety, and dignity is a matter of human rights – and why product choice is an important part of bringing those rights into reality. Hosted by Days for Girls, UNFPA, MIET Africa, and the South Africa Department of Women, Youth, and People with Disabilities on October 6, 2020. Read the summary report.
Understanding the Menstrual Health Landscape in East Africa: Learnings from Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda
This two-part discussion series seeks to identify and better understand successes, challenges and gaps associated with MH laws and policies in five East African countries. Learnings from these discussions will inform and improve government and non-governmental stakeholder efforts to advance menstrual equity in their countries. Hosted by Days for Girls and Irise Institute East Africa on February 23 and March 3, 2022.
Menstrual Health Responses to COVID-19 in Africa: What have we learnt?
This webinar and accompanying report bring together a range of perspectives to share lessons learned from policy and program responses to support menstrual health during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa. Hosted by Days for Girls, MIET Africa, and UNFPA on May 27, 2020. Read the summary report.