Experiences of Menstruation from the Global South and North

Kay Standing is a Professor in Gender Studies at Liverpool John Moores University. She is an intersectional feminist with research interests in menstruation, menopause, sport, education, and gender-based violence in the UK and Nepal. She was Co-Convenor of the British Academy conference 'Menstruation: sharing experiences from the global north and south' and Co-Investigator on the BA Global Challenge Research Fund project 'Dignity without Danger: Collaboratively analysing stigma and taboos to develop innovative strategies to address menstrual exclusion in Nepal'. Other research includes using creative methods for domestic abuse intervention programmes in schools. Kay is a founding member of the Menstruation Research Network.Sara Parker is a Reader in Development Studies and Principal Investigator on 'Dignity Without Danger'. She has led a number of Higher Education Partnerships links between Liverpool John Moores University, Centre for Educational Research Innovation and Development (CERID), Padma Kanya Campus and Dhaka University and is committed to collaboration action research. She is currently the elected Chair of the Britain Nepal Academic Council (BNAC) and a trustee of a number of charities.Stefanie Lotter is a Senior Research Fellow at SOAS where she taught courses in Himalayan Studies, Museum Studies, South Asian Culture, and Anthropology. She has also been Co-Investigator of 'Dignity without Danger' and has co-written a chapter explaining the cosmology supporting menstrual exclusion in Nepal, focusing on the former legal framework, the Muluki Ain. She is currently working on a major research grant to study 'Heritage as Placemaking' in Nepal and India.

It is a thought-provoking volume which exposes the reader to the geographical, social, cultural, gender- and age-related subjectivities in which menstruation is experienced, examined through a variety of epistemological approaches. The book thus sets the ball rolling for further advancement of knowledge production around menstrual experiences in all their diversity.

• List of FiguresList of TablesNotes on ContributorsAcknowledgementsForeword1: STEFANIE LOTTER, KAY STANDING, AND SARA PARKER: Introduction2: PULENG R. LETSIE: Menstrual Health in the Global South3: SALLY KING: Black Box: The reduction and mystification of the menstrual cycle in Western school and medical education4: ANGELA DALY, SARA PARKER, AND BABU KAJI SHRESTHA: Menstruation Education: Case study of creating a menstruation resource kit in Nepal5: CHELLA QUINT: Menstrual Literacy in Action: Empowering pupils to adbust their way to Period Positive Schools6: SARAH ZIPP AND LOMBE MWAMBWA: Menstruation in Motion: Understanding experiences of menstruation in sport in Zambia7: SUPRIYA GARIKPATI: Alleviating Period Poverty in the Global South: Information as a public policy instrument8: WHITNEY FRY, ALFRED MULI, AND MICHAL AVNI: Engaging Men on Women's Terms: Improving workplace menstrual health through an Appreciative Inquiry co-design process9: SAPANA BASNET AND SARITA LAMICHHANE: Disability and Menstruation in Nepal, India, and Bangladesh Through an Inclusive Lens10: RACHEL WEISS, HELEN DOUGLAS, AND KAY STANDING: Inclusive Conversations about Menopause11: ODHRAN THOMSON: My Male Menopausal Memoir12: ELHAM AMINI: Experiences of Menstruation and Menarche Among Older Iranian Muslim Women13: KIRSTEN MACLEOD: Representing Menstruation in Documentary Film: A case study of Bleeding Free14: 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 later15: NATALIE DENNY: Period Pains16: BEE HUGHES: Blood, Thread, and Lockdown: Being a menstrual artist in residence during a pandemic17: KAY STANDING, SARA PARKER, AND STEFANIE LOTTER: ConclusionIndex