Scoping
Final Major Project 2020 | Ruchika Karnani
COVID-19 Menstrual Health On average it takes 7.5 years from onset of symptoms to get a diagnosis. (Endometriosis UK, 2011)
“Women were so scared that they would run out of sanitary napkins that they began to wash disposable sanitary pads and dry them under the sun in case they would have to reuse them next month.” - Ananya Chachhoria (Paint it red)
Stigma and Shame
Sustainable periods Menstrual Health Alliance India, one sanitary pad could take 500 to 800 years, (n.d.)
Period Pain Points
Unwanted periods “Most people deal with blood and tissue, And yet my body forces me to surrender, Cause every time I get my cycle, Is another day I shed my gender”(The Period Prince, 2017)
48% of girls in Iran, 10% in India and 7% in Afghanistan believe menstruation is a disease (Plan International UK, 2018)
Accessibility to menstrual products
Menstrual Hygiene The prevalence of Reproductive Tract Infections (RTIs) and sexually transmitted infection (STIs) in women aged 15–44 years in Odisha, India was 35.2% in 2002–2004. (Desai and Patel, 2011)
Among 78 women Women for refugee women (WRW) interviewed, 75% struggled to obtain period pads or tampons while destitute, forcing them to overuse a period product, improvise period wear or beg for money to buy a pad. (Bloody Good Period, 2019)
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