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  1. 1. THE BLOODY STIGMA IS STILL HERE, PERIOD.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Olha Boiko; Lien Carrez; [2022]
    Keywords : menstrual stigma; menstruation; period; menstrual concealment; knowledge; education; sex education; Sweden; high school;

    Abstract : iAbstractThis exploratory study aims to investigate the connection between menstrual perceptions,knowledge and education about menstruation as well as the period product choice. Using thefeminist approach, research data were gathered from three focus groups of girls between 14 and15 years old that went to the same high school in Visby (Sweden). READ MORE

  3. 2. The Role of Menstruation : a Case Study amongst Women from Nakwa Village in Tanzania

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Utveckling och internationellt samarbete

    Author : Anna Danielsson; [2017]
    Keywords : Menstruation; Women; Menstrual Hygiene Management; gender equality; menstrual shame; menarche; the Other sex; Matter out of place; contamination;

    Abstract : This study investigates what role menstruation have for women in the village of Nakwa, Tanzania; how inadequate MHM affects the perception of women; and how menstruation is affecting the gender equality within a marriage in Nakwa. Most women in Nakwa village struggle to maintain high standards of cleanliness regarding their own Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM). READ MORE

  4. 3. Period of shame - The effects of menstrual hygiene management on rural women and girls' quality of life in Savannakhet, Laos

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Liyen Chin; [2014]
    Keywords : MHM; menstruation; women; girls; capabilities approach; FOAM-framework; life-quality; Laos; Savannakhet; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis was to investigate how rural women and girls’ menstrual hygiene management (MHM) affects their life-quality and performance in everyday life. The thesis analysed the opportunities, abilities and motivation they had in performing MHM and how it affected their social and economical opportunities. READ MORE

  5. 4. Countering the Menstrual Mainstream A Study of the European Menstrual Countermovement

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Persdotter Josefin; [2013-11-11]
    Keywords : abjectfication; agential realism; autoethnography; autonetnography; Constructionism; Europe; essentialism; ethnography; feminism; hyper-personalisation; Menstrual Countermovement; menstrual; activism; menstruation; netnography; Post-Constructionism; political consumerism; queer feminism; social movement; women’s movement;

    Abstract : Introducing the term the ”Menstrual Countermovement”: the mass of actions, and agents that purposefully work towards challenging the repressive mainstream menstrual discourse of shame and silence, this research focuses on a spatiotemporal context previously unstudied: Europe, late 2000’s - early 2010‘s. The dual aim of the study is to contribute to a 1) diversification and broadening of the understanding of the movement as a whole, and (2) continuing the work of previous research further exploring the movement’s place within feminism. READ MORE