1. Menstrual Health in the Framework of Human Rights and Substantive Equality.- 2. Menstrual Health in Marginalized Settings: Prisoners, Homeless Women, Slum Dwellers, Women with Disabilities, Refugees, IDPs, Sex Workers.- 3. Menstrual Health in the Global South: Challenges beyond Access to Pads.- 4. Advocacy on Menstrual Justice & Menstrual Equity: Some Reflections from Practice Jennifer.- 5. Menstrual Hygiene in Development: Some Critical Reflections from Practice.- 6. Policy Making on Menstrual Hygiene Management (including the SustainableDevelopment Goals).
Chris Bobel is professor and chair of Women’s, Gender &
Sexuality Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Her
recent publications include The Managed Body: Developing Girls and
Menstrual Health (2019) and Body Battlegrounds: Transgressions,
Tensions and Transformations (2019).
Inga T. Winkler is a lecturer in Human Rights and director
of the Working Group on Menstrual Health & Gender Justice at
Columbia University. As former legal adviser to the UN Special
Rapporteur on the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation, she
continues to work at the intersection of research and policy.
Breanne Fahs is professor of Women and Gender Studies at
Arizona State University, where she specializes in studying women’s
sexuality, critical embodiment studies, radical feminism, and
political activism. Her most recent projects include Burn it
Down! Feminist Manifestos for the Revolution(2020), and Women, Sex,
and Madness: Notes from the Edge (2019).
Katie Hasson is the program director on genetic justice at
the Center for Genetics and Society, a public interest nonprofit
working at the intersection of social justice and human
biotechnologies.
Elizabeth Arveda Kissling is professor of Women’s and Gender
Studies at Eastern Washington University. Her research focuses on
women’s health, bodies, and feminism in media. She is the author of
From a Whisper to a Shout (2018) and Capitalizing on the Curse
(2006) and numerous articles.
Tomi-Ann Roberts is professor of Psychology at Colorado
College. Her research, teaching, and advocacy centers on her theory
“Objectification Theory”, which examines the sexual objectification
of girls and women, self-objectification, and the consequences of
these for emotions and attitudes regarding menstruation and other
mattersof mental and reproductive health.
“This open access book is a remarkable rarity among academic publications. … The successful engagement of altern and subaltern voices in the production of the book is a genuine attempt to address Critiques … .” (Elvira Domínguez Redondo, Human Rights Quarterly, Vol. (43) 2, May, 2021)“The volume will reach readers across the world and beyond academia, inviting a broad range of interested groups and people to consider menstruation as a topic for critical, interdisciplinary study.” (Camilla Mørk Røstvik, Social History of Medicine, December 11, 2020)“The handbook is a celebration of, and a testament to, the creative, interdisciplinary, theoretically grounded approaches that are embraced in critical menstrual studies. It will be significant for readers interested in policy, art, fem tech, and beyond.” (Sara E. Baumann, Psychology of Women Quarterly, October 21, 2020)
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