Full Description
Experiences of Menstruation from the Global South and North is an edited collection that presents menstruation across the life course, from menarche to menopause. It takes a multidisciplinary perspective, based on academic research, activism, and creative work, to look at the varied and diverse lived experiences of menstruators across the Global South and North.
Beyond the biological facts of menstruation, there is little we can agree upon in a global context where culture determines what menstruation is, what consequences it has for the individual, and how it is best managed. The lived experience of menstruators is inextricably entangled with the body, cultured concepts of gender, religion, economics, and of course, life itself. This volume unpacks concepts in a poly-vocal approach, highlights creative and transformative methods, and expands menstrual health and hygiene management discourses to emphasise structural issues of gender inequality, politics, and human rights.
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgements
Foreword
1: STEFANIE LOTTER, KAY STANDING, AND SARA PARKER: Introduction
2: PULENG R. LETSIE: Menstrual Health in the Global South
3: SALLY KING: Black Box: The reduction and mystification of the menstrual cycle in Western school and medical education
4: ANGELA DALY, SARA PARKER, AND BABU KAJI SHRESTHA: Menstruation Education: Case study of creating a menstruation resource kit in Nepal
5: CHELLA QUINT: Menstrual Literacy in Action: Empowering pupils to adbust their way to Period Positive Schools
6: SARAH ZIPP AND LOMBE MWAMBWA: Menstruation in Motion: Understanding experiences of menstruation in sport in Zambia
7: SUPRIYA GARIKPATI: Alleviating Period Poverty in the Global South: Information as a public policy instrument
8: WHITNEY FRY, ALFRED MULI, AND MICHAL AVNI: Engaging Men on Women's Terms: Improving workplace menstrual health through an Appreciative Inquiry co-design process
9: SAPANA BASNET AND SARITA LAMICHHANE: Disability and Menstruation in Nepal, India, and Bangladesh Through an Inclusive Lens
10: RACHEL WEISS, HELEN DOUGLAS, AND KAY STANDING: Inclusive Conversations about Menopause
11: ODHRAN THOMSON: My Male Menopausal Memoir
12: ELHAM AMINI: Experiences of Menstruation and Menarche Among Older Iranian Muslim Women
13: KIRSTEN MACLEOD: Representing Menstruation in Documentary Film: A case study of Bleeding Free
14: SARA E BAUMANN, SARA PARKER, PEMA LHAKI, AND JESSICA G BURKE: Time Will Tell: Exploring impacts of a collaborative filmmaking menstruation research study on adolescent participants one year later
15: NATALIE DENNY: Period Pains
16: BEE HUGHES: Blood, Thread, and Lockdown: Being a menstrual artist in residence during a pandemic
17: KAY STANDING, SARA PARKER, AND STEFANIE LOTTER: Conclusion
Index
