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    Taking the bloody linen out of the closet: menstrual hygiene as a priority for achieving gender equality

    2015
    How can the framework of human rights and substantive equality contribute to giving menstrual hygiene greater visibility and the prioritisation of appropriate strategies and solutions?
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    Celebrating Womanhood - How better menstrual hygiene management is the path to better health, dignity and business

    Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council, 2013
    There are many candidates for the title of “last taboo,” but in 2013, menstruation has one of the strongest claims on it. The first task to address this is to make this unspeakable topic speakable. This report aims to do that by presenting research
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    Menstrupedia - Your guide to healthy periods

    2015
    Menstrupedia is a web guide to menstrual hygiene and health. Developed in India by a team of communications professionals, artists, storytellers and medical professionals Menstrupedia aims to deliver informative and entertaining content through different media and to shatter myths and misunderstandings surrounding menstruation.
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    A vicious cycle of silence: the implications of the menstrual hygiene taboo for the realisation of the human rights of women and girls

    University of Sheffield, 2013
    Although menstruation is a natural process that forms part of the female reproductive system, it has been a taboo subject in cultures across the world for centuries.
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    Menstrual Hygiene Matters. Training guide for practitioners

    Wateraid, 2015
    Menstruation is a natural process but it is rarely talked about because of cultural taboos. Menstrual hygiene – how to manage menstruation safely and with dignity – has also been largely neglected by the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector and others focusing on reproductive health and education.
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    Women's participation in the Egyptian labor market: 1998-2012

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015
    This paper examines the reasons for the persistently low participation of women in the Egyptian labor market over time and across the different economic sectors, using the Egypt Labor Market Panel Survey (ELMPS) 2012. This panel dataset allows for an examination of the period leading up to and including the revolution, as it covers three different points in time: 1998, 2006 and 2012.
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    "Lived poverty" can inform Swazi anti-poverty efforts

    Afrobarometer, 2015
    Poverty continues to be a major challenge in Swaziland, exacerbated by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Almost two-thirds (63%) of the Swazi population were living in severe poverty in 2012. The Afrobarometer survey, which was conducted for the first time in Swaziland in 2013, provides insights into ordinary Swazis’ experience of poverty.
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    INSPIRES: Investigating a reusable sanitary pad intervention in a rural educational setting

    University of Sheffield, 2012
    Although there is a lack of rigorous quantitative evidence on the links between menstruation and girls’ absenteeism from school, the qualitative evidence that exists indicates that girls can experience a range of problems when menstruating that may prevent or discourage them from attending school.
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    The beauty of red

    You Tube, 2013
    This short animation highlights some of the myths and taboos around menstruation, especially those felt by adolescent girls during adolescence. A useful advocacy tool, the animation goes on to highlight the positive and life affirming aspects of menstruation, and encourages viewers to help shatter the negative myths that surround it.
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    Use of menstrual cup by adolescent girls and women: potential benefits and key challenges

    2010
    In resource poor settings, sanitary towels are often too expensive and unaffordable for most adolescent girls and women who need them, and as a consequence these women and girls resort to unhygienic methods.

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