Innovative strategies for providing menstruation-supportive water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities: Learning from refugee camps in Cox’s bazar, Bangladesh
This article was published in the Conflict and Health by BMC [© The Author(s). 2021 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use,] and the definite version is available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13031-021-00346-9 The Journa...
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10361-170062022-06-20T21:01:40Z Innovative strategies for providing menstruation-supportive water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities: Learning from refugee camps in Cox’s bazar, Bangladesh Schmitt, Margaret L. Wood, Olivia R. Clatworthy, David Rashid, Sabina Faiz Sommer, Marni Brac James P. Grant School of Public Health Innovative strategies Menstruation-supportive water Sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities Refugee camps in Cox’s bazar Bangladesh This article was published in the Conflict and Health by BMC [© The Author(s). 2021 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use,] and the definite version is available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13031-021-00346-9 The Journal's website is at: https://conflictandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13031-021-00346-9 Background: There is growing attention to addressing the menstrual hygiene management (MHM) needs of the over 21 million displaced adolescent girls and women globally. Current approaches to MHM-related humanitarian programming often prioritize the provision of menstrual materials and information. However, a critical component of an MHM response includes the construction and maintenance of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities, including more female-friendly toilets. This enables spaces for menstruating girls and women to change, dispose, wash and dry menstrual materials; all of which are integral tasks required for MHM. A global assessment identified a number of innovations focused on designing and implementing menstruation-supportive WASH facilities in the Rohingya refugee camps located in Cox’s Bazar (CXB), Bangladesh. These pilot efforts strove to include the use of more participatory methodologies in the process of developing the new MHM-supportive WASH approaches. This study aimed to capture new approaches and practical insights on innovating menstrual disposal, waste management and laundering in emergency contexts through the conduct of a qualitative assessment in CXB. Methods: The qualitative assessment was conducted in the Rohingya refugee camps in CXB in September of 2019 to capture new approaches and practical insights on innovating for menstrual disposal, waste management and laundering. This included Key Informant Interviews with 19 humanitarian response staff from the WASH and Protection sectors of a range of non-governmental organizations and UN agencies; Focus Group Discussions with 47 Rohingya adolescent girls and women; and direct observations of 8 WASH facilities (toilets, bathing, and laundering spaces). Results: Key findings included: one, the identification of new female-driven consultation methods aimed at improving female beneficiary involvement and buy-in during the design and construction phases; two, the design of new multi-purpose WASH facilities to increase female beneficiary usage; three, new menstrual waste disposal innovations being piloted in communal and institutional settings, with female users indicating at least initial acceptability; and four, novel strategies for engaging male beneficiaries in the design of female WASH facilities, including promoting dialogue to generate buy-in regarding the importance of these facilities and debate about their placement. Conclusions: Although the identified innovative participatory methodologies and design approaches are promising, the long term viability of the facilities, including plans to expand them, may be dependent on the continued engagement of girls and women, and the availability of resources. Published 2022-06-20T09:11:55Z 2022-06-20T09:11:55Z 2021 2021-02-26 Thesis Schmitt, M. L., Wood, O. R., Clatworthy, D., Rashid, S. F., & Sommer, M. (2021). Innovative strategies for providing menstruation-supportive water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities: Learning from refugee camps in Cox’s bazar, Bangladesh. Conflict and Health, 15(1) doi:10.1186/s13031-021-00346-9 http://hdl.handle.net/10361/17006 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13031-021-00346-9 en_US https://conflictandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13031-021-00346-9 Conflict and Health application/pdf BMC |