What is it about?
Access to menstrual health management (MHM) resources and education is entangled in a complex myriad of social and cultural stigmas, especially in some areas of the global south. In this paper, we explore access to MHM programs, and the implications of limited access to MHM education and resources for Pakistani girls entering womanhood.
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Why is it important?
Our findings show that school leaders and teachers of the Hyderabad district perceive MHM facilities to be significantly low in terms of both resources and policies. Better understanding the perceptions of barriers and facilitators to MHM facilities in Pakistan assists policy-makers in fighting unhealthy taboos and raising awareness to critical women's health issues.
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This kind of impactful research is what educational leadership is all about. The icing on the cake for this particular study - it was undertaken with one of my former graduate students, who is now a PhD candidate: the amazing Ms. Surhan Fatima.
Dr. Alexandria Proff
American University of Ras Al Khaimah
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This page is a summary of: Becoming women: period. Perceptions of barriers and facilitators to menstrual hygiene management programs for Pakistani girls, Frontiers in Public Health, August 2023, Frontiers,
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1083688.
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