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Addressing Menstruation in the Workplace: The Menstrual Leave Debate

The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies, 2020
Levitt and Barnack-Tavlaris discuss the idea of menstrual leave, a policy option that provides employees with time off during menstruation. They counter the paucity of research surrounding the impacts of such policies on menstruators and the locations ...
Rachel B. Levitt, J. Barnack-Tavlaris
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Social Confrontation with Menstruation: A Feminist Ethnography of Menstrual Experience among Female Instagram Users [PDF]

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IntroductionPatriarchy has systematically marginalized many issues related to women, including their biological experiences, such as menstruation, pregnancy, and childbirth, by relegating them to personal rather than social matters.
Rana Mohammad Taghinejad Esfahani, Majid Movahed, Halimeh Enayat, Aliyar Ahmadi   +3 more
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Monitoring Menstrual Health Knowledge: Awareness of Menstruation at Menarche as an Indicator

Frontiers in Global Women's Health, 2022
As initiatives to support menstrual health are implemented globally, monitoring progress through a set of comprehensive indicators provides important feedback to direct policies and programs.
Julie Hennegan, Julie Hennegan, Zay Yar Swe, Kyu Kyu Than, Calum Smith, Lidwien Sol, Hilda Alberda, Justine N. Bukenya, Simon P. S. Kibira, Fredrick E. Makumbi, Kellogg J. Schwab, Peter S. Azzopardi, Peter S. Azzopardi   +12 more
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Hubungan Pengetahuan Remaja Putri Terhadap Perilaku Penatalaksanaan Vulvahygiene Saat Menstruasi Pada Siswi Kelas X Dan Xi Di Sma Xaverius 2 Palembang 2017 [PDF]

, 2017
Background: At the time of menstruation is very necessary self care to keep and maintain the hygiene during the menstruation, especially the vulva hygiene.
Anisa, Putri
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Effect of menstruation on girls and their schooling, and facilitators of menstrual hygiene management in schools: surveys in government schools in three states in India, 2015

Journal of Global Health, 2018
Background Lack of menstrual knowledge, poor access to sanitary products and a non-facilitating school environment can make it difficult for girls to attend school.
M. Sivakami, Anna Maria van Eijk, H. Thakur, N. Kakade, Chetan Patil, S. Shinde, N. Surani, Ashley Bauman, Garazi Zulaika, Y. Kabir, Arun Dobhal, Prathiba Singh, Bharathy Tahiliani, L. Mason, Kelly T. Alexander, M. B. Thakkar, K. Laserson, P. Phillips-Howard   +17 more
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Determinants of pre-menarcheal knowledge of menstruation and sociocultural implications in college going girls: A community-based cross-sectional study from Latur, Maharashtra

Journal of Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, 2016
Introduction: Adolescence marks the onset of female puberty. The first menstruation is often horrifying and traumatic to an adolescent girl because it usually occurs without her knowing about it. Implications of a girl′s response to menarche have a socio-
Namrata Arvind Thakur, Vimal Madhavrao Holambe   +1 more
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WASH in Schools Empowers Girls' Education: Proceedings of the Menstrual Hygiene Management in Schools Virtual Conference 2013 [PDF]

, 2014
This publication brings together the key elements of the 16 presentations made at the Second Annual Virtual MHM in WinS Conference at UNICEF Headquarters in New York City on 21 November 2013.
Emily Vasquez, Marni Sommer, Murat Sahin, Nancy Worthington, Therese Dooley   +4 more
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The Ground on Which We All Stand: A Conversation About Menstrual Equity Law and Activism [PDF]

, 2020
This essay grows out of a panel discussion among five lawyers on the subject of menstrual equity activism. Each of the authors is a scholar, activist or organizer involved in some form of menstrual equity work.
Crawford, Bridget J., Johnson, Margaret E., Karin, Marcy L., Strausfeld, Laura, Esq., Waldman, Emily Gold   +4 more
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Promoting menstrual health and hygiene—insights from the 2023 World Menstrual Hygiene Day celebration events in the Hohoe municipality in Ghana

Frontiers in Public Health
The 2023 World Menstrual Hygiene Day (WMHD) celebration at the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) sought to create awareness about menstruation.
Sitsofe Gbogbo, Israel Wuresah, Phyllis Addo, Senam Klomegah, Emmanuel Gbogbo, Wisdom Axame, Priscilla Klutse, Christopher Makam, Robert Kokou Dowou, Paramount Eli Nelson, Ishmael Boateng, Sarah Odi Mantey, Nuworza Kugbey, Victor Christian Korley Doku, Julie Hennegan, Frank E. Baiden, Lydia Aziato, Fred N. Binka   +17 more
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We Can't Wait: A Report on Sanitation and Hygiene for Women and Girls [PDF]

, 2013
This paper raises awareness of the impacts of poor sanitation on women across the world and calls for a concerted effort on a different scale from all levels of government, business, and civil society.

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