PEN-Project seeks to develop the civic spirit and the skills of young & adults learners to raise awareness on menstrual health, hygiene and management, by developing training programmes, community-based interventions and campaigning interventions or strategies with youth workers & youth involved in the field of menstrual health education, as a means to foster menstrual hygiene management in youth work.

PEN-Objective is to promote menstrual health awareness, periods messages, attitudes, tools, resources, and policies through strategic cooperation and mutual learning in order to develop approaches capable of challenging the social-cultural myths, the stigma and the taboos around menstruation and periods to advocate for menstrual health education in schools, in youth work and within the society.

PEN-Outcomes are to create and produce menstrual health and hygiene management pedagogical materials and guidelines with the resources, non-formal learning methods or activities to improve and develop menstrual health awareness, knowledge, skills & attitudes of youth educators for their professional development; as a means to foster pathways to empowerment in menstrual health education.

PEN-Medium-Term Results are to improve youth workers’ menstrual hygiene management skills in order to meet their essential teaching and training needs: through research, identify and develop training resources that meet their learning needs; through training courses, improve capacities & strengthen skills to effectively design positive counter narratives actions with youth through non-formal learning.