Gender, Adolescent Transitions & Environment (GATE) Program

📢Join us on Wednesday November 20th at 8:00am ET, for our #PeriodPossePresents Interactive Masterclass: Getting Started Using the Menstrual Friendly Public Toilet Toolkit. How menstrual-friendly are the public toilets in your city? 🧻 🚾 Join us for a webinar that introduces practical resources for finding out! Hear from experts at Columbia University who helped develop an assessment toolkit and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who successfully implemented these strategies in Kenya. Through interactive activities and real-world insights, this session will spark ideas on how to adapt these resources to your own context. Find out more about the toolkit here: bit.ly/40zAtna ✨ Register for the webinar here: bit.ly/4f6du7L ✨

We are thrilled 👏 to share Isabella Brocato's blog post: Periods in Public Spaces: My GATE Fellowship and the 2024 Olympics! Read about her experience working with GATE over the summer on the menstrual friendly public toilets project and her insights into the importance of this work in connection with worldwide events. Bella acknowledges great strides forward with athletes and menstrual equity, and also poses the important question - what about the spectators? Click here to read the full post: bit.ly/40zakF8

Our seventh module of our self-paced course "Menstruation in a Global Context: Addressing Policies and Practice" highlights the importance of inclusivity in menstrual health programming and policies. 🔗 https://bit.ly/3SxL3GI

Shout out to MPH candidates Bhavana Huliyar, Carolyn Martinez, and Isabella Brocato for sharing their experiences working with GATE in last week’s Food for Thought event in the Department of Sociomedical Sciences - Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Marni Sommer gave a wonderful overview of the GATE Program and all four presentations sparked some very insightful questions from the students and faculty in attendance. We loved being able to share our work with the Columbia Mailman community and it is always a treat to have students share their experiences working in menstrual health initiatives.

Thanks to all our presenters for a fantastic webinar! Stay tuned for the recording which will be posted soon.

Our first Period Posse Webinar of the fall season is happening tomorrow at 8am ET!! Menstruation Unwrapped: Understanding Product Safety and Regulation. Join us to listen to this exciting group of experts! Register here: https://bit.ly/3NlDYG3

Our sixth module of our self-paced course "Menstruation in a Global Context: Addressing Policies and Practice" tackles the important topic of menstruation in humanitarian emergencies with global experts.🔗 https://bit.ly/3SxL3GI

Are you at #uncwaterandhealth conference? Check out our side event: Menstrual-Friendly Public Toilets Around the Globe: Conducting Urban Audits! Happening Tuesday from 1:30-3:00 in the Azalea Room!

Today we celebrate the strength, potential, and brilliance of girls around the world! 🌟 Our puberty books were created with and for girls, empowering them to navigate this important stage with confidence. #InternationalDayoftheGirl Learn more: bit.ly/4839dPK

📢Don't forget to register! Join us on Thursday October 24th at 8:00am ET, for our #PeriodPossePresents webinar: Menstruation Unwrapped: Understanding Product Safety and Regulation. We have three dynamic presentations that dive into the safety and regulation of menstrual health products in the US and Europe. Hear from experts in science, academia, and law as they offer diverse perspectives into this important issue. Register here: http://bit.ly/3NlDYG3