The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation (2020), para. 26
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Deeply concerned also that the lack of access to adequate water and sanitation services, including for menstrual hygiene management, especially in sc hools, workplaces, health centres and public facilities, negatively affects gender equality, the empowerment of women and girls and their enjoyment of human rights, including the right to education and the right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable s tandard of physical and mental health, and recognizing that women have specific hygiene needs during menstruation, pregnancy, childbearing and rearing and throughout the life course,