Essays about: "Menstruation"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 56 essays containing the word Menstruation.

  1. 21. Challenges in Challenging Menstrual Discourse: An Inquiry into the Nature of Dominating Social Discourse on Menstruation, and the Human Rights Agenda to Challenge its Effects

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Antonia Sophia von Buttlar; [2020]
    Keywords : Menstrual Discourse; Stigmatization; Medicalization; Commercialization; United Nations Human Rights Agenda;

    Abstract : Recent developments have seen a rise in empirical attempts to challenge the persistently negative sociocultural attitudes toward menstruation. The thesis proposes a Foucauldian feminist conception, as well as the identification of the three elements stigmatization, medicalization and commercialization, to provide a comprehensive theoretical framework conceptualizing dominant menstrual discourse and its effects, based on which the empirical contemporary UN human rights agenda on the topic is approached. READ MORE

  3. 22. “The period, the problem” : an investigation on mothers’ menstrual health in rural Zithulele, Eastern Cape, South Africa

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Emilia Modigh; [2020]
    Keywords : Menstrual Health; Menstruation; Mothers; Rural; South Africa; Theory of Practice; Stigma; Menstrual stigma; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Poor menstrual health (MH) harms women in various ways globally, and therefore maintaining sufficient MH is vital. However, MH is not considered as a Human Right and is generally unprioritized, especially in resource poor areas. There is a prominent research gap on MH and in particular among women in different ages in rural areas. READ MORE

  4. 23. Basal body temperature curves and fitting with periodic smoothing splines

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematik LTH

    Author : Ingrid Odlen; [2019]
    Keywords : Basal Body Temperature; Ovulation; Fertility Prediction; Natural Cycles; Fertility Tracking; Smoothing Splines; Cubic; Periodic Smoothing Splines; Curve Fitting; BBT; Mathematics and Statistics;

    Abstract : Fertility tracking phone apps are widely used by women today, in order to both achieve or prevent conception. Due to the health risks of hormone based contraceptions, many women opt for non-invasive methods, such as fertility tracking. READ MORE

  5. 24. Menstruation, Menstrual Cups and School Attendance: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Uganda

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Sofia Eklöf; [2019]
    Keywords : Menstruation; modern sanitary protection; menstrual cup; barriers to girls´ schooling; school attendance; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Several organizations claim menstruation and lack of proper sanitary protection to be one reason for lower school attendance in developing countries. These claims are stated to cause lower progression rates to secondary school among girls, and further increase the gender gap in enrollment to higher education. READ MORE

  6. 25. The dangerous path to school and empowerment: a case study investigating the difficulties of empowerment in education for girls in West Kalungu County District, Uganda

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Linnea Hay; [2019]
    Keywords : Girls’ education; Uganda; Empowerment; qualitative case study; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Getting girls to go to and ​stay​ in school is a worldwide issue - predominantly in the global south where it is a particular problem in Sub-saharan Africa where poverty is particularly high. This issue is also one of gender, as the majority of children who do not have access/go to school are female. READ MORE