UNAIDS. No date. UNAIDS country report Uganda. Available at: www.unaids.org/en/regionscountries/countries/uganda (Accessed: 2 May 2016).
UNICEF Sweden. 2017. Kvinnlig könsstympning (‘Female genital mutilation’). Available at: https://unicef.se/fakta/kvinnlig-konsstympning (Accessed: 10 May 2016).
World Health Organization. 2016. Maternal mortality. Available at: www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs348/en/ (Accessed: 2 May 2016).
——. No date. Cervical cancer. Available at: www.afro.who.int/en/cancer/cervical-cancer.html (Accessed: 2 May 2016).
MILLIONS OF MENSTRUATING TEXTILE WORKERS
BOOKS
Arens, Jenneke. 2014. Women, land and power in Bangladesh: Jhagrapur revisited. Dhaka, Bangladesh: The University Press.
STUDIES/REPORTS
European Parliament. 2014. Workers’ conditions in the textile and clothing sector: just an Asian affair? Briefing PE 538.222. European Parliamentary Research Service. Available at: www.europarl.europa.eu/EPRS/140841REV1-Workers-conditions-in-the-textile-and-clothing-sector-just-an-Asian-affair-FINAL.pdf (Accessed: 25 June 2017).
Greenpeace. 2012. Dirty laundry: reloaded – how big brands are making consumers unwitting accomplices in the toxic water cycle. Available at: www.greenpeace.org/international/Global/international/publications/toxics/Water%202012/DirtyLaundryReloaded.pdf (Accessed: 17 June 2017).
HERProject. 2010a. Female factory workers’ health needs assessment: Bangladesh. Available at: https://herproject.org/downloads/country-resources/her_health_needs_bangladesh.pdf (Accessed: 25 June 2017).
——. 2010b. Female factory workers’ health needs assessment: Pakistan. Available at: https://herproject.org/doc_repository/Female_Factory_Workers_HNA_Pakistan_FINAL.pdf (Accessed: 25 June 2017).
International Labour Organization. 2014. Wages and working hours in the textiles, clothing, leather and footwear industries. Issues paper GDFTCLI/2014. Geneva, Switzerland: International Labour Office. Available at: www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/@ed_dialogue/@sector/documents/publication/wcms_300463.pdf (Accessed: 25 June 2017).
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES/OTHER MEDIA
Quadir, Serajul. 2013. ‘Bangladesh approves wage hike for garment factory workers’, Reuters, 21 November. Available at: www.reuters.com/article/bangladesh-garments-wages-idUSL4N0J627820131121 (Accessed: 11 January 2016).
OTHER
WaterAid. No date. Vårt arbete, vad det handlar om (‘Our work, what it’s about’). Available at: www.wateraid.org/se/vart-arbete/vad-det-handlar-om (Accessed: 11 January 2016).
World Bank. 2013. Bangladesh poverty assessment: a decade of progress in reducing poverty, 2000–2010. Bangladesh development series paper no. 31. Available at: http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/109051468203350011/pdf/785590NWP0Bang00Box0377348B0PUBLIC0.pdf (Accessed: 11 January 2016).
See also previous sources, mainly George (2014) and Seymour (2008) as well as WSSCC and UN Women (2014).
‘I JUST KEPT BLEEDING’
SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES
Gultie, Teklemariam, Desta Hailu and Yinager Workineh. 2014. ‘Age of menarche and knowledge about menstrual hygiene management among adolescent school girls in Amhara province, Ethiopia: implication to health care workers and school teachers’, PLoS ONE, 9(9). Available at: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0108644&type=printable (Accessed: 25 June 2017).
Hennegan, Julie and Paul Montgomery. 2016. ‘Do menstrual hygiene management interventions improve education and psychosocial outcomes for women and girls in low and middle income countries? A systematic review’, PLoS ONE, 11(2). Available at: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0146985&type=printable (Accessed: 25 June 2017).
Thakre, Subhash B. et al. 2011. ‘Menstrual hygiene: knowledge and practice among adolescent school girls of Saoner, Nagpur district’, Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 5(5), pp. 1027–1033.
Tiwari, H., U.N. Oza and R. Tiwari. 2006. ‘Knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about menarche of adolescent girls in Anand district, Gujarat’, Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 12(3–4), pp. 428–433.
Udgiri, R. et al. 2010. ‘Knowledge and practices regarding menstruation among adolescent girls in an urban slum, Bijapur’, Journal of the Indian Medical Association, 108(8), pp. 514–516.
STUDIES/REPORTS
European Commission. 2014. Tackling early leaving from education and training in Europe: strategies, policies and measures. Eurydice and Cedefop report. Available at: http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/education/eurydice/documents/thematic_reports/175EN.pdf (Accessed: 25 June 2017).
The Public Health Agency of Sweden. 2014. ‘Ungdomar och sexualitet 2013/2014’ (‘Youth and sexuality 2013/2014’), Ungdomsbarometern (‘The youth barometer’). Available at: www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/contentassets/19833caefce544e1baf7c9b70145a730/ungdomsbarometern-140221-final.pdf (Accessed: 25 June 2017).
ehUNESCO. 2013. Young people today, time to act now: why adolescents and young people need comprensive sexuality education and sexual and reproductive health services in Eastern and Southern Africa. Available at: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0022/002234/223447e.pdf (Accessed: 25 June 2017).
UNFPA. 2010. Comprehensive sexuality education: advancing human rights, gender equality and improved sexual and reproductive health. Available at: www.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/resource-pdf/Comprehensive%20Sexuality%20Education%20Advancing%20Human%20Rights%20Gender%20Equality%20and%20Improved%20SRH-1.pdf (Accessed: 25 June 2017).
OTHER
Clifton, Donna. 2009. Combating cross-generational sex in Uganda. Population Reference Bureau, 2009. Available at: www.prb.org/Publications/Articles/2009/crossgenerationalsex.aspx (Accessed: 3 April 2016).
Gupta, Aditi. 2015. A taboo-free way to talk about periods: Aditi Gupta TEDxGatewayWomen. Available at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm0isl11BfY (Accessed: 10 September 2015).
Joseph, Sinu. 2014. Unwrapping the gifts of menstruation: Sinu Joseph TEDxTughlaqRd. Available at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EH1d-2aQVg (Accessed: 8 September 2015).
Menstrupedia. No date. Menstrupedia.com. Available at: www.menstrupedia.com (Accessed: 23 May 2016).
Mythri Speaks. 2010. Mythri. Available at: https://mythrispeaks.wordpress.com/video/mythri-english/ (Accessed: 7 September 2015).
UMO, RFSU, RFSL Ungdom (‘RFSL youth’), Sveriges elevråd (‘Sweden’s student union’) et al. 2011. ‘Skolans brister i sexualkunskap riskerar ungas hälsa’ (‘Flaws in sex education in schools put the health of youths at risk’), SVT Opinion, 28 September. Available at: www.svt.se/opinion/skolans-brister-i-sexualkunskap-riskerar-ungas-halsa (Accessed: 25 June 2017).
Wentz, Lauren. 2015. ‘P&G Whisper’s “Touch the Pickle” wins glass grand prix’, Advertising Age, 23 June. Available at: http://adage.com/article/special-report-cannes-lions/p-g-whisper-s-touch-pickle-wins-glass-grand-prix/299182/ (Accessed: 23 May 2016).
World Bank. No date. Secondary education: key issues. Available at: www.worldbank.org (Accessed: 12 February 2016).
See also previous sources, including Fernandes (2010), Henry (2014), Mahon and Mutunda (2013), and Sommer et al. (2015).
BLOODY MENSTRUAL PROTECTION!
STUDIES/REPORTS
Global Industry Analysts, Inc. 2016. Feminine hygiene products: a global strategic business report. Available at: www.strategyr.com/Feminine_Hygiene_Products_Market_Report.asp#sthash.5NcZEJWJ.dpbs (Accessed: 25 June 2017).
Hoffman, Vivian, Sarah Adelman and Ashwini Sebastian. 2014. Learning by doing something else: experience with alternatives and adoption of a high-barrier menstrual hygiene technology. American University. Available at: www.american.edu/cas/economics/news/upload/Hoffman-Paper.pdf (Accessed: 25 June 2017).
The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC). 2010. Use of menstrual cup by adolescent girls and women: potential benefits and key challenges. Policy brief no. 22. Available at: www.susana.org/_resources/documents/default/2-985-policybriefno222010useofmenstrualcupbyadolescen
tgirlsandwomenpotentialbenefitsandkeychallenges.pdf (Accessed: 25 June 2017).
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES/OTHER MEDIA
Anderson, Mark. 2014. ‘Nairobi’s female slum dwellers march for sanitation and land rights’, The Guardian, 29 October. Available at: www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/oct/ 29/nairobi-slum-dwellers-sanitation-land-rights (Accessed: 23 May 2016).
BBC News. 2016. ‘Deal reached to scrap “tampon tax”, officials say’, 17 March. Available at: www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-35834142 (Accessed: 13 March 2016).
Chapman, Ben. 2016. ‘EXCLUSIVE: city schools to offer free feminine hygiene products’, New York Daily News, 14 March. Available at: www.nydailynews.com/new-york/city-schools-offer-free-feminine-hygiene-products-article-1.2563277 (Accessed: 16 March 2016).
Eveleth, Rose. 2016. ‘The science behind period underwear’, Racked, 5 January. Available at: www.racked.com/2016/1/5/10708976/period-underwear-technology (Accessed: 18 May 2016).
Goldberg, Eleanor. 2015. ‘For homeless women, getting their period is one of the most difficult challenges’, Huffington Post, 14 January. Available at: www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/14/homeless-women-tampons_n_6465230.html (Accessed: 16 May 2016).
Hallet, Vicky. 2016. ‘What Kenya can teach the U.S. about menstrual pads’, NPR, 10 May. Available at: www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/05/10/476741805/what-kenya-can-teach-the-u-s-about-menstrual-pads (Accessed: 11 May 2016).
Jacobs, Carly. 2014. ‘A brief history of feminine hygiene products’, Smaggle, 19 November. Available at: www.smaggle.com/history-of-feminine-hygiene-products/ (Accessed: 12 May 2016).
Kohut, Tania. 2015. ‘Is tax on tampons discriminatory?’, Global News Canada, 18 February. Available at: http://globalnews.ca/news/1836441/is-tax-on-tampons-discriminatory/ (Accessed: 25 June 2017).
Majumdar, Anushree. 2015. ‘Indian women now discovering the benefits of menstrual cup’, The Indian Express, 3 September. Available at: http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/life-style/many-indian-women-are-discovering-the-benefits-of-menstrual-cup/ (Accessed: 8 January 2016).
Merelli, Annalisa. 2016. ‘The EU will finally allow member states to scrap their tampon tax’, Quartz, 19 March. Available at: https://qz.com/642811/the-eu-will-finally-allow-member-states-to-scrap-their-tampon-tax/ (Accessed: 13 May 2016).
Oppenheim, Maya. 2015. ‘For homeless women, having a period isn’t a hassle, it’s a nightmare’, Vice, 23 January. Available at: www.vice.com/en_dk/article/for-homeless-women-having-a-period-isnt-just-a-hassle-its-a-nightmare-124 (Accessed: 16 May 2016).
Telfer, Tori. 2015. ‘The future of periods will be high-tech, messy, and might involve jellyfish’, Vice, 26 June. Available at: www.vice.com/en_us/article/vdx3j9/the-future-of-periods-will-be-high-tech-messy-and-might-involve-jellyfish-626 (Accessed: 18 May 2016).
TT. 2015. ‘Mensen en dyr historia för kvinnor’ (‘Menstruation, an expensive story for women’), SVT Nyheter (‘SVT news’), 28 May. Available at: www.svt.se/nyheter/utrikes/mensen-dyr-for-kvinnor (Accessed: 13 May 2016).
Venema, Vibeke. 2014. ‘The Indian sanitary pad revolutionary’, BBC News, 14 March. Available at: www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26260978 (Accessed: 18 May 2016).
Wanzala, Ouma. 2015. ‘State to “spend Sh6,000 on pack of pads”’, Daily Nation, 19 October. Available at: www.nation.co.ke/news/State-to-spend-Sh6000-on-pack-of-pads/-/1056/2920022/-/view/printVersion/-/4hd5ywz/-/index.html (Accessed: 17 December 2015).
Washington Post. 2016. ‘President Obama talks with YouTube star Ingrid Nilsen about the tampon tax’, 15 March. Available at: www.washingtonpost.com/video/business/youtube-star-ingrid-nilsen-talks-with-president-obama-about-the-tampon-tax/2016/03/15/f2e4bb0a-eaa9-11e5-a9ce-681055c7a05f_video.html (Accessed: 16 March 2016).
Watters, Hayden. 2015. ‘“Tampon tax” will end July 1’, CBC News, 28 May. Available at: www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tampon-tax-will-end-july-1-1.3091533 (Accessed: 13 May 2016).
OTHER
Aakar. 2015. AakarInnovations.com. Available at: www.aakarinnovations.com (Accessed: 25 June 2017).
Bodywise. 2017. Natracare.com. Available at: www.natracare.com (Accessed: 25 June 2017).
Janipad. No date. Janipad.com. Available at: www.janipad.com (Accessed: 25 June 2017).
Kallio, Kajsa. 2002. ‘Gratis bindor borde vara en självklarhet’ (‘Free pads should be a given’), Aftonbladet Debatt, 30 October. Available at: www.aftonbladet.se/debatt/article10316707.ab (Accessed: 16 May 2016).
People for Periods. No date. PeopleforPeriods.columnfivemedia.com. Available at: http://peopleforperiods.columnfivemedia.com (Accessed: 25 June 2017).
Perby, Lisa et al. 2016. ‘Debatt: öka informationen om mensskyddet som utklassar tamponger och bindor’ (‘Opinion: Increase the information about menstrual protection superior to tampons and pads’), Dala-Demokraten (‘Dala Democrat’), 17 February. Available at: www.dalademokraten.se/opinion/debatt/debatt-oka-informationen-om-mensskyddet-som-utklassar-tamponger-och-bindor (Accessed: 17 February 2016).
Pravera. 2017. Pravera.co.uk. Available at: www.pravera.co.uk (Accessed: 25 June 2017).
Schyman, Gudrun. 2014. Mensskydd (‘Menstrual protection’). Motion 2004/05:So489, Swedish Parliament, 5 October. Available at: www.riksdagen.se/sv/dokument-lagar/dokument/motion/mensskydd_GS02So489 (Accessed: 16 May 2016).
Svenska Menskoppen (‘The Swedish menstrual cup’). No date. Menskoppen.se. Available at: http://menskoppen.se (Accessed: 25 June 2017).
The Homeless Period. No date. TheHomelessPeriod.com. Available at: www.thehomelessperiod.com (Accessed: 25 June 2017).
See also previous sources, including Jones (2016).
THE STRUGGLE
SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES
Muralidharan, A. et al. 2015. ‘Unpacking the policy landscape for menstrual hygiene management: implications for school WASH programmes in India’, Development Bookshelf, 34(1), pp. 79–91.
STUDIES/REPORTS
Davis, Martha F. and Natasha Ryan. 2016. Inconvenient human rights: access to water and sanitation in Sweden’s informal Roma settlements. Northeastern University School of Law Research Paper No. 272-2016. Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Södertörn University, and The NuLawLab. Available at: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2814707 (Accessed: 25 June 2017).
Persdotter, Josefin. 2013. Countering the menstrual mainstream: a study of the European menstrual countermovement. MA thesis. University of Gothenburg. Available at: https://gupea.ub.gu.se/handle/2077/34369 (Accessed: 25 June 2017).
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES/OTHER MEDIA
Ali, Arshad. 2015. ‘From Jamia, “sanitary pad” campaign reaches Jadavpur’, The Indian Express, 29 March. Available at: http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/sanitary-pad-protest-spreads-to-jadavpur-university/ (Accessed: 17 May 2016).
Gandhi, Kiran. 2015. ‘Here’s why I ran the London Marathon on the first day of my period – and chose not to wear a tampon’, The Independent, 14 August. Available at: www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/heres-why-i-ran-the-london-marathon-on-the-first-day-of-my-period-and-chose-not-to-wear-a-tampon-10455176.html (Accessed: 16 May 2016).
Ibrahim, Nur. 2016. ‘How Shaan Taseer’s reaction to period-shaming exposes male privilege in Pakistan’, Dawn, 15 April. Available at: www.dawn.com/news/1252047 (Accessed: 17 May 2016).
Jacobson, Karin. 2014. ‘Köer till menskonst i Göteborg’ (‘Queues for menstrual art in Gothenburg’), Feministiskt perspektiv (‘Feminist perspective’), 12 March. Available at: https://feministisktperspektiv.se/2014/03/12/koer-till-menskonst-i-goteborg/ (Accessed: 25 May 2016).
Jain, Mayank. 2015. ‘Why are sanitary pads with little notes stuck on trees and walls of Delhi colleges?’, Scroll, 14 March. Available at: https://scroll.in/article/713498/why-are-sanitary-pads-with-little-notes-stuck-on-trees-and-walls-of-delhi-colleges (Accessed: 17 May 2016).
London, Bianca. 2015. ‘Runner who completed the London Marathon during her period without a tampon says she did it to “break the stigma” after receiving s
upport – and criticism – for her actions’, Daily Mail, 10 August. Available at: www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3192039/Woman-26-ran-marathon-WITHOUT-tampon-break-stigma-surrounding-women-s-periods.html (Accessed: 16 May 2016).
Naveed, Babar. 2016. ‘Here’s why students at Lahore’s BNU covered campus walls with sanitary pads’, The Express Tribune, 12 April. Available at: https://tribune.com.pk/story/1083272/heres-why-students-at-lahores-bnu-covered-campus-walls-with-sanitary-pads/ (Accessed: 17 May 2016).
Olofson, Stefan. 2010. ‘De kallas för horor och äckel av folk’ (‘People call them whores and pigs’), Skånska Dagbladet, 20 February. Available at: www.skd.se/2010/02/20/de-kallas-for-horor-och-ackel-av-folk/ (Accessed: 27 May 2016).
Paracha, Haadia. 2016. ‘Students covered a wall at BNU Lahore with menstrual pads and shit got real’, Mangobaaz, 10 April. Available at: www.mangobaaz.com/bnu-lahore-protested-menstruation-shaming/ (Accessed: 17 May 2016).
Pasricha, Japleen. 2015. ‘Come and see the blood on my skirt: students take menstruation to the streets’, Feminism in India, 10 April. Available at: https://feminisminindia.com/2015/04/10/come-and-see-the-blood-on-my-skirt-students-take-menstruation-to-the-streets/ (Accessed: 17 May 2016).
Spinks, Rosie. 2015. ‘Trying to add the “M” word (menstruation) to the UN’s new goals’, NPR, 25 September. Available at: www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/09/25/443103720/trying-to-add-the-m-word-menstruation-to-the-u-n-s-new-goals (Accessed: 15 May 2016).
Strömquist, Liv. 2013. Sommar med Liv Strömquist (‘Summer with Liv Strömquist’). Radio Sweden, 24 June. Available at: http://sverigesradio.se/sida/avsnitt/203028?programid=2071 (Accessed: 3 October 2015).
OTHER
Government of India, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. 2013. Modification in NBA guidelines. 10 December. Available at: www.mdws.gov.in/letters-circulars/modification-nba-guidelines-10122013 (Accessed: 26 May 2016).
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