{"id":989452,"date":"2025-12-03T21:11:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T21:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kitambaa-woman.com\/?p=989452"},"modified":"2025-12-03T21:11:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T21:11:10","slug":"du-19-au-21-novembre-2025-kitambaa-et-lassociation-pour-le-maintien-des-filles-a-lecole-amfe-avec-lappui-de-la-fondation-roi-baudouin-ont-menes-une-serie-dacti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kitambaa-woman.com\/en\/du-19-au-21-novembre-2025-kitambaa-et-lassociation-pour-le-maintien-des-filles-a-lecole-amfe-avec-lappui-de-la-fondation-roi-baudouin-ont-menes-une-serie-dacti\/","title":{"rendered":"From 19 to 21 November 2025, KITAMBAA and the Association for the Retention of Girls in School (AMFE), with the support of the King Baudouin Foundation, conducted a series of activities in Agnam as part of the project 'MENSTRUATION. LET'S TALK ABOUT IT!'"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The mission mobilised 95 local stakeholders; administrative authorities, community and religious leaders, teachers, community liaison officers and women's groups. Three major activities were carried out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Briefing workshop on the consultation framework<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The workshop marked a turning point in the structuring of community advocacy. Participants gained a clear understanding of the role, missions and strategic importance of the consultation framework, and the dynamic exchanges made it possible to draw out several key results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Strong commitment from members to advocate with local authorities;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Identification of priority actions to improve menstrual hygiene management in the area;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Implementation of concrete measures such as:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The drafting and transmission of memoranda to the four municipalities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The sending of correspondence to local authorities to improve school sanitary facilities;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A plea for access to menstrual products in schools<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A plea for water supply to the CEM of Toulel Thiale.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Community Dialogue<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Organised in the village of Bagond\u00e9, in the heart of Di\u00e9ry, the community dialogue made it possible to reach communities often distant from spaces of exchange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The results were particularly striking:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Participants strengthened their knowledge on health and menstrual hygiene;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Often silent voices emerged: men, young people, village chief, imam, all spoke up and contributed to deconstructing stereotypes;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A collective awareness has been established regarding the risks associated with poor menstrual hygiene management;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Despite women's limited participation in discussions, which reflects social norms, the activity opened the way to better female inclusion in future discussions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Formation on menstrual health and functioning of the Dingiral Rewbe space<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The training made it possible to strengthen the participants' knowledge regarding menstrual health and hygiene and to present them with how the Dingiral Rewbe space operates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The main results of this activity include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Better control of the menstrual cycle, physiological changes and good hygiene practices;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Participants now capable of duplicating the training in their communities, thereby strengthening the project's impact;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An excellent understanding of how the Dingiral Rewbe kiosk works, considered as a space for women's empowerment and leadership;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The decision to establish a kiosk management committee, ensuring the sustainability, organisation and vitality of the space.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From 19 to 21 November 2025, KITAMBAA and the Association for the Retention of Girls in School (AMFE), with the support of the King Baudouin Foundation, conducted a series of activities in Agnam as part of the project 'MENSTRUATION. LET'S TALK ABOUT IT!'<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The mission mobilised 95 local stakeholders; administrative authorities, community and religious leaders, teachers, community liaison officers and women's groups. Three major activities were carried out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Briefing workshop on the consultation framework<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The workshop marked a turning point in the structuring of community advocacy. Participants gained a clear understanding of the role, missions and strategic importance of the consultation framework, and the dynamic exchanges made it possible to draw out several key results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Strong commitment from members to advocate with local authorities;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Identification of priority actions to improve menstrual hygiene management in the area;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Implementation of concrete measures such as:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The drafting and transmission of memoranda to the four municipalities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The sending of correspondence to local authorities to improve school sanitary facilities;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A plea for access to menstrual products in schools<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A plea for water supply to the CEM of Toulel Thiale.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Community Dialogue<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Organised in the village of Bagond\u00e9, in the heart of Di\u00e9ry, the community dialogue made it possible to reach communities often distant from spaces of exchange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The results were particularly striking:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Participants strengthened their knowledge on health and menstrual hygiene;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Often silent voices emerged: men, young people, village chief, imam, all spoke up and contributed to deconstructing stereotypes;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A collective awareness has been established regarding the risks associated with poor menstrual hygiene management;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Despite women's limited participation in discussions, which reflects social norms, the activity opened the way to better female inclusion in future discussions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Formation on menstrual health and functioning of the Dingiral Rewbe space<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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Les participants ont bien compris le r\u00f4le, les missions et l\u2019importance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":989453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-989452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-non-classe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kitambaa-woman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kitambaa-woman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kitambaa-woman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kitambaa-woman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kitambaa-woman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=989452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kitambaa-woman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kitambaa-woman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/989453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kitambaa-woman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=989452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kitambaa-woman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=989452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kitambaa-woman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=989452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}