Period Education for Caregivers
Every girl deserves to feel supported, confident, and informed as she experiences menstruation. The Period Education Guide for Caregivers helps the important people in the lives of girls provide support with clarity, confidence, and care.
Be her friend, help her grow.
Most caregivers grew up in a world where menstruation was not discussed openly - where confusion and shame filled the gaps left by silence. These same caregivers want different for their daughters - for them to feel confident asking questions, and to know they are supported every step of the way. The Period Education Guide for Caregivers enables facilitators to build confidence among adults so that parents can talk openly with their daughters and support them through puberty.
Get started right away and turn uncertainty and stigma into trust, understanding, and lifelong confidence.
Breaking the cycle
The training creates space for caregivers to reflect on their own experiences – often shaped by silence, stigma, or lack of support. From that reflection, they identify what they want to be different for their daughters. In doing so, they begin to build a more open, supportive future.
Group-based
The training creates a space for caregivers to come together, learn from one another, and share their experiences openly. In this group setting, conversations that were once difficult become normalised, and confidence grows through connection.
Confidence-building
In the training, caregivers learn the basics of puberty and menstruation - but more importantly, they build the confidence to talk with their daughters and support them through these changes with empathy and trust.
What caregivers learn
The training is designed for caregivers of girls aged 9-14. It unpacks how to normalise conversations, create a shared understanding of puberty and menstruation, and break taboos. With the Guide facilitators empower caregivers to play an active support role in their child's puberty experience.
In the training, caregivers learn:
The basics about the female anatomy, the menstrual cycle, and its symptoms
What kind of products exist and how to use them
How to debunk myths and break taboos related to menstruation
How to normalise conversations around sensitive topics
Designed to fit your programme
We created the Guides with you in mind. They are designed to support a wide variety of organisations, programmes and settings, making it easier for everyone involved to help caregivers support their daughters.
Free to use
Using the Guide is entirely free of charge. Just sign up to the platform, download any version you want and you’re ready to get started!
Compact training
The caregiver training is a 1.5-hour session made up of six practical modules. It creates space for open discussion, reflection, and developing the practical skills needed to support girls with care and confidence.
Easy to conduct
Facilitators do not have to be experts in menstrual health and hygiene. The Guides provide clear, step-by-step instructions that are simple to follow.
Low cost roll-out
The ready-to-use Guide is designed to keep implementation costs low: It requires minimal workshop materials and print-outs only for facilitators.
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Join more than 700 organisations already using the Guide. Explore the collection of over 40 Guides designed to educate girls, boys and caregivers.
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
Explore the Guides by region
Together with local partners, we have created different versions of the Guide for Caregivers that reflect local realities, languages, and needs. Find the version that fits your region and community.
Ready to get started?
Accessing the Period Education Guides is easy. After a quick registration, you can download all the materials for free. From then on, everything is saved to your account, so you can access your data at any time. At the start of each year, we ask you to share your impact data with us so that you can contribute to our collective impact.
Sign up
After a quick registration, you receive free access to all the materials.
Download your materials
Explore the catalogue and choose the Guide that fits your region and community.
Start your training
You're all set to begin! Start your roll-out and make sure you track how many girls, boys or caregivers you train per year.
Share your impact
Every January, you have the chance to share your annual impact data though a short survey and become part of the joint impact we measure.
Ready to get started?
Accessing the Period Education Guides is easy. After a quick registration, you can download all the materials for free and easily manage all your data on your account page. At the start of each year, we ask you to share your impact data with us so that you can contribute to our collective impact.
Sign up
After a quick registration, you receive free access to all the materials.
Download your materials
Explore all Guides and choose the version that fits your region and community.
Start your training
You're all set to begin! Start your roll-out and make sure you track how many girls, boys or caregivers you train per year.
Share your impact
Every January, you have the chance to share your annual impact data though a short survey and become part of the joint impact we measure.
"The materials transformed how we talk about periods in our school. Girls finally felt heard."
"What impressed us most was how simple it was to facilitate. No expertise needed, just heart."
A fit for all kinds of organisations
Whether you're a local community organisation, an international NGO, or a government body, the Period Education Guide has proven to be an effective resource for all.
Collective impact
The Period Education Guide for Caregivers is used by a growing global community of organisations, all dedicated to empowering caregivers to better support their children through period education. Together, we're making a collective impact.
Schools
Caregivers educated
Trusted by organisations worldwide
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Planning to roll out your programme to an entire district or region? Let's make it happen! Explore how we can support you.
Ready for more?
The Guide for Caregivers is a great place to start, but the learning doesn't have to end there. Make sure to discover our Period Education Guides for girls and boys and bring Period Education to everyone in your community.
Girls
With the right solution, educating girls about menstruation is wonderfully straightforward. The Guide for Girls makes it easy to deliver engaging period education, equipping girls with the knowledge and confidence they need to navigate their periods.
Boys
Boys should also learn about periods – after all, they shape a big part of the environment girls grow up in. With the Guide for Boys, facilitators lead education sessions in which boys learn about their own puberty, gain an understanding of menstruation, and learn how to show up as allies.
FAQs
Do you have a question? Here, we have listed the most common questions about the Period Education Guide for Caregivers.
Parents and/or guardians of adolescents can be invited to attend the period education session for caregivers.
Yes! We encourage fathers and male caregivers to also attend the training so they know how to support their children better.
We recommend a group size of 20–30 participants per facilitator. This allows for an engaging, interactive experience, ensuring that everyone participates and benefits from the training.
Yes! The Guide is designed to be delivered by trainers irrespective of their gender. However, if the session is being held exclusively for female participants we recommend women as facilitators.
An undisturbed space where participants feel safe and comfortable to talk openly works best; it can be a classroom, a sports ground, or a community hall.
There are no take-homematerials as part of the Period Education Guide training. Only the current version of the Guide for Sub-Saharan Africa includes an optional Reference Guide that can be given to caregivers to take home.
No formal training of trainers is required. The Period Education Guide provides clear, step-by-step instructions that make it straightforward for any facilitator to run a session confidently without prior expertise in menstrual health and hygiene.
No, caregivers do not need their own copy. Only the facilitator needs access to the Guide, so even a digital version could be used instead.
All you need to collect is the number of caregivers you trained. Other information, like your feedback or any images are always welcome, but optional.
yes.period is not in a position to provide financial support. The Period Education Guide for Caregivers is specifically designed to keep implementation costs low, all you need is a copy of the Guide.
No, we cannot provide print-outs, but even one copy is enough to conduct the training. Printing in black and white is absolutely fine – it keeps costs low, reduces our footprint, and does not impact the quality of the training.
The guide is copyright-protected, so please do not modify it without prior written permission from yes.period, any alterations could impact the effectiveness of the training. That said, if you need the guide in another language or would like contextual adaptations for a large-scale programme, we'd love to hear from you! Get in touch, and we'll discuss the options together.
Still have questions?
Our team is happy to help.