Chamber and committees

The Scottish Government is supportive of efforts by organisations in Scotland to educate and promote women and girls' health, including menstrual health both domestically and internationally. The Scottish Government makes available funding opportunities to organisations, in a range of themes including health, through its International Development Fund.

Key to promoting health in developing countries will be the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which will tackle poverty and inequality between now and 2030. Specifically for menstrual health, SDG 3 ‘Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages’ and SDG 5 ‘Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls’ will be important. In committing to the Global Goals in July 2015, the First Minister declared that they offered a vision of the world that she believes Scotland shares: ending poverty and hunger; securing education and health services; and combatting inequality and achieving gender equality.