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Menses’ non-sense: Menstruation and the Muslim Woman’s “Red Tent”
By Enith Morillo, March 8, 2012 Muslims love to brag about how the status of women was elevated from the backward practices found in earlier Judaic and Christian societies with the revelation of the Qur’an. Plenty of comparisons between Islam and Judeo-Christian traditions are available, highlighting categorical differences on divorce, inheritance, property ownership, education, and […]
NEPAL: Emerging from menstrual quarantine
August 6, 2011
Photo: Amy Lieberman/IRINKamala inside her ‘goth’ MANGALSEN, 3 August 2011 (IRIN) – Every month, for one week,14-year-old Kamala Vishwarkarmas returns from school to sleep alone in a dark, windowless mud hut. She is forbidden from entering her family’s house during her menstrual cycle for fear of what might happen. “I’ll stay here in the ‘goth’ […]
NEPAL: Emerging from menstrual quarantine
August 6, 2011
Photo: Amy Lieberman/IRINKamala inside her ‘goth’ MANGALSEN, 3 August 2011 (IRIN) – Every month, for one week,14-year-old Kamala Vishwarkarmas returns from school to sleep alone in a dark, windowless mud hut. She is forbidden from entering her family’s house during her menstrual cycle for fear of what might happen. “I’ll stay here in the ‘goth’ […]
Kenya: Government funds free sanitary pads for schoolgirls
July 30, 2011
It is the norm in Kenya for girls to miss school when they are menstruating due to the lack of sanitary pads. But a new gender-responsive approach to budgeting could change this Miriam Gathigah for IPS, part of the Guardian development network guardian.co.uk, Friday 29 July 2011 If used efficiently, the funding will reduce absenteeism […]
Kenya: Government funds free sanitary pads for schoolgirls
July 30, 2011
It is the norm in Kenya for girls to miss school when they are menstruating due to the lack of sanitary pads. But a new gender-responsive approach to budgeting could change this Miriam Gathigah for IPS, part of the Guardian development network guardian.co.uk, Friday 29 July 2011 If used efficiently, the funding will reduce absenteeism […]
Is the Menstrual Cycle Linked to the Timing of Sexual Assaults?
July 29, 2011
Is ovulation a dangerous time for sexual assaults? Published on July 28, 2011 by Gad Saad, Ph.D. in Homo Consumericus The menstrual cycle has a profound effect on women’s behaviors, preferences, and desires. In a book chapter that I recently published with Kristina M. Durante (see chapter 7), we explored how the menstrual cycle might […]
Is the Menstrual Cycle Linked to the Timing of Sexual Assaults?
July 29, 2011
Is ovulation a dangerous time for sexual assaults? Published on July 28, 2011 by Gad Saad, Ph.D. in Homo Consumericus The menstrual cycle has a profound effect on women’s behaviors, preferences, and desires. In a book chapter that I recently published with Kristina M. Durante (see chapter 7), we explored how the menstrual cycle might […]
Gender wage gap – Your period may be to blame.
July 27, 2011
Tuesday, July 26, 2011by Jody Dallaire, Dieppe Advisory Committee on Equal Opportunity between Women and Men We’ve all heard jokes about women’s menstrual cycle. But did you know that women’s menstrual cycle is to blame for gender wage discrimination in society? At least, according to Alasdair Thompson, the recently-dismissed chief executive officer (CEO) of the […]
Gender wage gap – Your period may be to blame.
July 27, 2011
Tuesday, July 26, 2011by Jody Dallaire, Dieppe Advisory Committee on Equal Opportunity between Women and Men We’ve all heard jokes about women’s menstrual cycle. But did you know that women’s menstrual cycle is to blame for gender wage discrimination in society? At least, according to Alasdair Thompson, the recently-dismissed chief executive officer (CEO) of the […]
Menses need not be a barrier in sex
July 26, 2011
Pooja Kulkarni Jul 25, 2011, 11.47am IST Menses need not be a barrier in sex (Thinkstock photos/Getty Images) Sex can be a lot of fun even when a girl is menstruating. Read on… ? What does one do if one feels horny at ‘that’ time of the month? Many treat sex like a forbidden fruit […]
Menses need not be a barrier in sex
July 26, 2011
Pooja Kulkarni Jul 25, 2011, 11.47am IST Menses need not be a barrier in sex (Thinkstock photos/Getty Images) Sex can be a lot of fun even when a girl is menstruating. Read on… ? What does one do if one feels horny at ‘that’ time of the month? Many treat sex like a forbidden fruit […]
UGANDA: Sanitary pads keep girls in school
July 22, 2011
AWICH, 21 July 2011 (IRIN) – While other children head home after school, some pupils in Uganda’s northern Amuru and Gulu regions stay behind to make sanitary pads using cheap, locally available materials, to ensure girls do not miss school during menstruation. Photo: Charles Akena/IRINPupils take measurements of a cotton cloth to be used to […]
UGANDA: Sanitary pads keep girls in school
July 22, 2011
AWICH, 21 July 2011 (IRIN) – While other children head home after school, some pupils in Uganda’s northern Amuru and Gulu regions stay behind to make sanitary pads using cheap, locally available materials, to ensure girls do not miss school during menstruation. Photo: Charles Akena/IRINPupils take measurements of a cotton cloth to be used to […]
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March 8, 2012
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