YAKIMA, Wash. -- Dan Corbett held up piece of tie-dyed cotton rich with deep hues of purple, blue, green and gold. “This is a beautiful fabric,” he said as he sat at a sewing machine surrounded by ...

The question that would change Celeste Mergens’ life came to her at 2:30 a.m. in what she describes as a “gasp moment.” It was 2008, and Mergens had been raising money for an overtaxed orphanage in ...

Previously, the middle school girls would have to go to the nurses office. Tuesday is Menstrual Hygiene Day, an annual day to raise global awareness of and break the silence around menstrual hygiene.

Period problems can get in the way of a girl’s brighter future. Learn more about what UNICEF is doing to support menstruating girls. Friends and co-members of the gender club at Anka Primary School, ...

The grassroots campaign kicked off at three locations and aims to surpass last year’s nearly 88,000 donated hygiene products ...

While spending more than a year spent working at a Kenyan orphanage, Celeste Mergens learned that the girls at the orphanage were provided nothing in terms of feminine hygiene products. Each month the ...

Believe it or not, your tween daughter pays close attention to your beauty and grooming routine. Even if she’s too embarrassed to ask, she undoubtedly has questions you could answer. Here are some ...

There is a sometimes hidden health issue affecting girls and women in the U.S. Inadequate access to menstrual hygiene tools and education, called period poverty, is an often unspoken public health ...

Committed to tackling the menstrual hygiene management challenge among young girls, Mercy Corps Nigeria, with support from the Department for International Development (DFID), initiated the Girls’ ...

Young women in Middle Tennessee are missing school as often as monthly for a simple reason – they can't afford feminine hygiene products when they’re on their periods. Charity Brock, a volunteer at ...

A quality high-school education can transform a girl's future, yet around the world, many adolescent girls miss school or even drop out altogether for one simple reason: menstruation. Schools often ...