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Period Poverty: Academic, Media and Other Sources 

This information has been collated by Suzanne Dowd, UCD Master of Public Policy student, 2018/19 as a volunteer of the Homeless Period Ireland initiative in UCD.

Academic articles

  • Astrup, J. 2018, "PERIOD POVERTY Tackling the taboo", Community Practitioner, vol. 90, no. 12, pp. 40-42.

Quantitative research

  • Hennegan, J., Dolan, C., Wu, M., Scott, L., & Montgomery, P. (2016). ‘Measuring the prevalence and impact of poor menstrual hygiene management: a quantitative survey of schoolgirls in rural Uganda’. BMJ open, 6(12).

Qualitative research

  • Crichton J, Okal J, Kabiru CW et al (2013) ‘Emotional and psychosocial aspects of menstrual poverty in resource-poor settings: a qualitative study of the experiences of adolescent girls in an informal settlement in Nairobi’. Health Care Women Int 2013; 34: 891–916. 
  • Deo DS, Ghattargi CH. (2005) ‘Perceptions and practices regarding menstruation: a comparative study in urban and rural adolescent girls’. Indian J Community Med 2005; 30: 33–4.
  • Hennegan, J., Dolan, C., Steinfield, L., & Montgomery, P. (2017). ‘A qualitative understanding of the effects of reusable sanitary pads and puberty education: implications for future research and practice’. Reproductive health, 14(1), 78.
  • Mason L, Laserson K, Oruko K et al (2015) ‘Adolescent schoolgirls’ experiences of menstrual cups and pads in rural western Kenya: a qualitative study’. Waterlines 2015; 34 :15–30.
  • Montgomery, P., Hennegan, J., Dolan, C., Wu, M., Steinfield, L., & Scott, L. (2016). ‘Menstruation and the Cycle of Poverty: A Cluster Quasi-Randomised Control Trial of Sanitary Pad and Puberty Education Provision in Uganda’. PloS one, 11(12).


Impact of the Homeless Period Ireland’s work

‘We have more dignity’: Taking the dread out of periods for homeless women
https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/we-have-more-dignity-taking-the-dread-out-of-periods-for-homeless-women-1.3790025

 

Podcasts

“Amika George on why she's protesting period poverty” – Women’s Hour
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05rmbtv

“Period Poverty with Gemma Cairney, Amika George, Grace Campbell” – The Guilty Feminist
https://guiltyfeminist.libsyn.com/77-period-poverty-with-gemma-cairney-amika-george-grace-campbell

 

Media sources

“Period taboo: Why can’t we talk about menstruation?
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-47254222

Public discussion on the cost of sanitary products
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jun/28/danielle-rowley-breaks-house-of-commons-taboo-discussing-period

(Irish media) Op Ed: Women politicians are acting to end the inequality over issues that affect half the population
https://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/catherine-martin-lets-break-down-the-barriers-that-hide-the-problem-of-period-poverty-37896534.html

 

Period poverty’s impact on schooling

“The shame of period poverty is keeping British girls out of school.  Let’s break the silence.”
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/19/british-girls-period-poverty-menstruation-sanitary-products

“Girls ‘too poor’ to buy sanitary protection missing school”
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39266056

 

State initiatives

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