CARE INTERNATIONAL is recruiting a Terms of Reference (TOR) Menstrual Health and Hygiene (MHH) Education and Awareness Sessions for Adolescent Girls and Teaching Staff: for their Somaliland office. This opportunity is in the Health/wash field. Interested applicants should submit their applications before Oct, 22.
TERMS OF REFERENCE (TOR)
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 girlsā 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 girlsā 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:
Specific objectives:
The assignment will aim to:
- Increasing adolescent girlsā knowledge and understanding of menstruation and menstrual hygiene.
- Strengthening girlsā confidence and ability to manage menstruation safely, hygienically, and with dignity.
- Improving girlsā understanding of puberty, personal hygiene, menstrual health, and available sources of support.
- Addressing common myths, misconceptions, stigma, and harmful practices related to menstruation.
- Improving teachersā 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 participantsā knowledge and confidence through appropriate pre- and post-session assessments.
- Deliver comprehensive, age-appropriate, and participatory MHH education sessions to 400 adolescent girls in selected project-supported schools (Mjeex &Sanaag).
- Conduct orientation sessions for selected teaching staff on MHH and appropriate support for adolescent girls.
- Strengthen girlsā knowledge of menstruation, puberty, menstrual hygiene, personal hygiene, and available support services.
- Address myths, misconceptions, stigma, and harmful practices related to menstruation.
- Strengthen girlsā confidence and ability to manage menstruation safely and with dignity.
- Provide girls with safe opportunities to ask questions and discuss MHH-related concerns.
- Strengthen teachersā capacity to respond appropriately to girlsā questions and concerns.
- Promote gender-sensitive, inclusive, culturally appropriate, and safeguarding-compliant approaches to MHH education.
- Conduct pre- and post-session assessments to measure changes in knowledge and confidence.
- Document the sessions, participation, key findings, challenges, lessons learned, and recommendations.
About Somaliland
Somaliland is a self-declared republic in the Horn of Africa with a relatively stable political environment and growing economy. Employment opportunities are concentrated in the main cities of Hargeisa, Burao, and Berbera, spanning government, NGOs, telecoms, and the private sector.
Ereyada Soomaaliga (Somali Keywords): La-talin ā¢ Caafimaad ā¢ Biyaha & Nadaafadda ā¢ Shaqo Soomaaliya ā¢ Shaqo Cusub ā¢ Caafimaad & Nadaafadda