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Thesis: Overcoming a Cycle of Shame Through Menstrual Education: How Sources of Information Prepare Girls to Detect and Treat Abnormal Menstrual Bleeding
By: Emily Katherine Santora
| Published: Nov 30, 2021
Developing a codebook of definitions and exemplars of significant text segments and applying it to the collected data revealed several themes. For…
MenstruationMenstrual Hygiene ProductsReproductive HealthHealth educationMenstruation Disturbances
Menstrual Hygiene Management in Low-Income Countries
By: Emily Santora
| Published: Jul 16, 2021
Menstrual hygiene management, or MHM, is a concept that concerns girls' and women’s access to the appropriate information and resources to manage…
MenstruationMenstruation--Social aspectsFeminine Hygiene ProductsUNICEFUnited Nations and non-member nations
Days for Girls (2008– )
By: Emily Santora
| Published: Jun 30, 2021
In 2008, Celeste Mergens founded the organization Days for Girls to address obstacles impeding women’s and girls’ access to sustainable hygiene and…
OrganizationMenstruationMenstruation--Social aspectsFeminine Hygiene ProductsSanitary napkins
Period. End of Sentence. (2018)
By: Emily Santora
| Published: May 19, 2021
On 5 April 2018, the documentary Period. End of Sentence. premiered at the Cleveland International Film Festival in Cleveland, Ohio. In the…
LiteratureMenstruationMenstruation--Social aspectsFeminine Hygiene ProductsSanitary napkins
A Toolkit for Integrating Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) into Humanitarian Response (2017), by Marni Sommer, Margaret Schmitt, and David Clatworthy
By: Emily Santora
| Published: Mar 31, 2021
In October 2017, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in New York City, New York, and the International Rescue Committee published A…
LiteratureRefugee campsWomen refugeesRefugee childrenDisplaced Persons
“Beyond Menstrual Hygiene: Addressing Vaginal Bleeding Throughout the Life Course in LMICs” (2017), by Marni Sommer, Penelope A. Phillips-Howard, Therese Mahon, Sasha Zients, Meredith Jones, and Bethany A. Caruso
By: Emily Santora
| Published: Jan 27, 2021
In “Beyond Menstrual Hygiene: Addressing Vaginal Bleeding Throughout the Life Course in LMICs,” hereafter “Beyond Menstrual Hygiene,” Marni Sommer,…
LiteratureMenstruation disordersFeminine Hygiene ProductsMenstrual cycle--Psychological aspectsStigmatization
AFRIpads
By: Emily Santora
| Published: Jan 25, 2021
In 2010, Sophia and Paul Grinvalds founded the organization AFRIpads in Kampala, Uganda, to provide reusable cloth pads to menstruating women and…
OrganizationMenstrual CycleFeminine Hygiene ProductsMenstrual Hygiene ProductsSanitary napkins