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Menstrual Health and Hygiene (MHH) Education and Awareness Sessions for Adolescent Girls and Teaching Staff:

Background:

The project aims to improve the well-being, participation, confidence, and agency of adolescent girls by addressing barriers related to Menstrual Health and Hygiene (MHH). Limited access to accurate menstrual health information, appropriate menstrual hygiene knowledge, and supportive school environments can negatively affect girls’ attendance, participation, confidence, and overall learning experience.

As part of the project, MHH education and awareness activities will be implemented in selected project-supported schools to strengthen adolescent girls’ knowledge, confidence, and ability to manage menstruation safely and with dignity. The intervention will also strengthen the capacity of teaching staff to provide accurate, supportive, and age-appropriate information and to create a safe and non-judgmental environment for adolescent girls.

The intervention will target 400 adolescent girls, particularly girls in the relevant upper primary grades, and will include structured MHH education sessions for adolescent girls and orientation sessions for selected teaching staff.

This assignment is strictly limited to the preparation and delivery of MHH education and orientation sessions. It does not include the procurement, provision, establishment, stocking, or distribution of dignity kits, menstrual hygiene materials, or MHH kits.

Purpose of the Assignment:

The purpose of this assignment is to engage a qualified service provider/consultant to design and facilitate effective, participatory, age-appropriate, and culturally appropriate MHH education sessions for adolescent girls and orientation sessions for selected teaching staff.

The assignment will support the project by:

• Increasing adolescent girls’ knowledge and understanding of menstruation and menstrual hygiene.
• Strengthening girls’ confidence and ability to manage menstruation safely, hygienically, and with dignity.
• Improving girls’ understanding of puberty, personal hygiene, menstrual health, and available sources of support.
• Addressing common myths, misconceptions, stigma, and harmful practices related to menstruation.
• Improving teachers’ knowledge and capacity to provide accurate, supportive, and age-appropriate MHH information.
• Promoting a safe and supportive school environment where menstruation can be discussed without stigma or discrimination.
• Measuring changes in participants’ knowledge and confidence through appropriate pre- and post-session assessments.

Specific objectives:

The assignment will aim to:

1. Deliver comprehensive, age-appropriate, and participatory MHH education sessions to 400 adolescent girls in selected project-supported schools (Mjeex &Sanaag).
2. Conduct orientation sessions for selected teaching staff on MHH and appropriate support for adolescent girls.
3. Strengthen girls’ knowledge of menstruation, puberty, menstrual hygiene, personal hygiene, and available support services.
4. Address myths, misconceptions, stigma, and harmful practices related to menstruation.
5. Strengthen girls’ confidence and ability to manage menstruation safely and with dignity.
6. Provide girls with safe opportunities to ask questions and discuss MHH-related concerns.
7. Strengthen teachers’ capacity to respond appropriately to girls’ questions and concerns.
8. Promote gender-sensitive, inclusive, culturally appropriate, and safeguarding-compliant approaches to MHH education.
9. Conduct pre- and post-session assessments to measure changes in knowledge and confidence.
10. Document the sessions, participation, key findings, challenges, lessons learned, and recommendations.

Required Qualifications and Experience:

The service provider/consultant should have:

·         Relevant academic qualifications in public health, nursing, midwifery, gender, education, social sciences, or a related field.

·         Demonstrated experience in Menstrual Health and Hygiene (MHH) programming.

·         Experience delivering adolescent-focused health or hygiene education.

·         Experience working with schools, teachers, and adolescent girls.

·         Strong facilitation and communication skills.

·         Understanding of gender, safeguarding, child protection, and adolescent participation.

·         Experience in developing training/education materials.

·         Experience in conducting pre- and post-training assessments and preparing activity reports.

·         Experience working in humanitarian/development contexts is desirable.

Submission Information / How to Apply

Please send your complete technical and financial proposals, to this email address [email protected] clearly marking the subject line (Menstrual Health and Hygiene (MHH) Education and Awareness Sessions for Adolescent Girls and Teaching Staff)

  no later than 22th October 2026 11:59 PM.