by Editor | Nov 3, 2016 | Activism, Menstrual education
Guest Post by Kelsey Knight and Emily Varnam For three months this year, Kelsey and Emily, a doula and nurse duo, traversed the United States by car offering free reproductive health classes in over 60 locations. They called the project The Fifth Vital Sign, and...
by Editor | Jan 28, 2016 | Girls, Health Care, Menstrual education
Peggy Stubbs and Evelina Sterling advocate for comprehensive menstrual education For nearly forty years, the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research (SMCR) has been promoting the perspective that the menstrual cycle is central to girls’ and women’s overall health. But...
by Editor | Oct 5, 2015 | Activism, Girls
Guest Post by Margaret L. Stubbs Menstruation Matters…Period! This phrase has become a rallying point for many advocates who seek to understand and improve menstrual life for girls and women. Advocates world-wide are concerned with access to menstrual supplies,...
by Editor | May 22, 2015 | Activism, Fertility, Film, Girls, Menarche, Menstruation
Menstrual Education perspectives from around the world will be presented in two concurrent sessions at the 21st Biennial Conference of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research at The Center for Women’s Health and Human Rights, June 4-6, 2015, Suffolk University,...
by Chris Bobel | Dec 9, 2014 | Activism, Anatomy, Communication, FemCare, Girls, Health Care, Men, Menstruation, New Research, Reusable menstrual products
This summer, I bought a new camera. I needed it to snap pictures during a research trip to India where I explored diverse approaches to what’s called in the development sector, Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM). I chose a sleek, high tech device with a...