Libresse. No date. Libresse.com. Available at: www.libresse.com (Accessed: 6 April 2016).
Mythri Speaks. No date. Mythri speaks. Available at: https://mythrispeaks.wordpress.com (Accessed: 24 June 2017).
Nachman, Anna E. 2015. ‘Mens är äckligt’ (‘Menstruation is disgusting’), SVT Opinion. Available at: www.svt.se/opinion/anna-nachman-om-menskonst (Accessed: 17 February 2016).
Quran 2:222. 2016. Translated by Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani. Altafsir.com. Available at: www.altafsir.com/ViewTranslations.asp?Display=yes&SoraNo=2&Ayah=222&toAyah=222&Language=2&LanguageID=2&TranslationBook=9 (Accessed: 24 June 2017).
Steinem, Gloria. 1978. ‘If men could menstruate’, Ms. Magazine (October).
Swedish Advertising Ombudsman. 2014. Uttalande om anmälan av reklamfilm för tamponger från ob, ärende 1406-140 (‘Statement regarding complaint about TV commercial for tampons from o.b., case 1406-140’). Available at: http://reklamombudsmannen.org/uttalande/ob-pro-comfort-night (Accessed: 6 April 2016).
UN General Assembly. 1948. Universal declaration of human rights (217 A III). Paris. Available at: www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Documents/UDHR_Translations/eng.pdf (Accessed: 15 April 2016).
LOST DAYS
SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES
French, L. 2008. ‘Dysmenorrhea in adolescents: diagnosis and treatment’, Pediatric Drugs, 10(1), pp. 1–7.
Jewitt, Sarah and Harriet Ryley. 2014. ‘It’s a girl thing: menstruation, school attendance, spatial mobility and wider gender inequalities in Kenya’, Geoforum, 56, pp. 137–147.
STUDIES/REPORTS
Boosey, Robyn and Emily Wilson. 2014. A vicious cycle of silence. The University of Sheffield. Available at: http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/80804/1/A%20vicious%20cycle%20of%20silence%20white%20rose%20report.pdf (Accessed: 24 June 2017).
Wilson, Emily et al. 2012. INSPIRES: investigating a reusable sanitary pad intervention in a rural educational setting. The University of Sheffield. Available at: http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/43906/1/Irise_report_-_Dec_2012_%5BSAJ%5D_v2_%281%29.pdf (Accessed: 24 June 2017).
World Economic Forum. 2015. Global gender gap report 2015. Available at: http://reports.weforum.org/global-gender-gap-report-2015/ (Accessed: 24 March 2016).
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES/OTHER MEDIA
Agaba, Maureen. 2013. ‘Uganda: critical action needed to curb rising maternal mortality rates’, The New Vision, 9 August. Available at: www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1328609/critical-action-curb-rising-maternal-mortality-rates (Accessed: 25 March 2016).
Mugisa, Anne. 2013. ‘Uganda: maternal mortality rate rises’, The New Vision, 10 April. Available at: www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1317103/maternal-mortality-rate-rises (Accessed: 25 March 2016).
OTHER
Foundation for Sustainable Development. No date. Gender equity issues in Uganda. Available at: www.fsdinternational.org (Accessed: 24 March 2016).
Huru International. No date. HuruInternational.org. Available at: www.huruinternational.org (Accessed: 24 June 2017).
Irise International. 2015. Periods change lives. Available at: www.irise.org.uk/periods-change-lives.html (Accessed: 29 March 2016).
Parliament of the Republic of Uganda. 2015. Speaker launches the menstrual hygiene management charter. Available at: www.parliament.go.ug/index.php/about-parliament/parliamentary-news/615-speaker-launches-the-menstrual-hygiene-management-charter (Accessed: 22 March 2016).
Population Reference Bureau. 2009. Combating cross-generational sex in Uganda. Available at: www.prb.org/Publications/Articles/2009/crossgenerationalsex.aspx (Accessed: 24 March 2016).
UN General Assembly. 1979. Convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women. Available at: www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/text/econvention.htm (Accessed: 23 March 2016).
——. 2007. Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities (A/RES/61/106). Available at: www.refworld.org/docid/45f973632.html (Accessed: 23 May 2016).
UNICEF. 2015. Government launches national strategy to end child marriage and teenage pregnancy. Available at: www.unicef.org/uganda/media_16600.html (Accessed: 24 March 2016).
UNICEF India. 2011. Menstrual hygiene key to keeping girls in school. Available at: www.unicef.in/Story/122/Menstrual-Hygiene-Key-to-Keeping-Girls-in-School (Accessed: 22 March 2016).
WASH United. No date. WASH-United.org. Available at: www.wash-united.org (Accessed: 24 June 2017).
ZanaAfrica Foundation. No date. ZanaAfrica.org. Available at: www.zanaafrica.org (Accessed: 24 June 2017).
See also sources for Chapter 1 ‘Stains’, including: Dasra, USAID and Kiawah Trust (2014); Fehr (2010); Getachew et al. (2016); Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation India (2015); Montgomery et al. (2012); Sommer et al. (2015); The Netherlands Development Organization (SNV)/IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre (2013).
A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF RULES
SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES
Garg, Suneela and Tanu Anand. 2015. ‘Menstruation related myths in India: strategies for combating it’, Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 4(2), pp. 184–186.
Guterman, M., P. Mehta and M. Gibbs. 2007. ‘Menstrual taboos among major religions’, The Internet Journal of World Health and Societal Politics, 5(2). Available at: https://print.ispub.com/api/0/ispub-article/8213 (Accessed: 25 June 2017).
Kuzma, Jerzy et al. 2013. ‘Food taboos and traditional customs among pregnant women in Papua New Guinea: missed opportunity for education in antenatal clinics’, DWU Research Journal: Contemporary PNG Studies, 19, pp. 1–11.
Mahon, Thérèse and Maria Fernandes. 2010. ‘Menstrual hygiene in South Asia: a neglected issue for WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) programmes’, Gender & Development, 18(1) Water, pp. 99–113.
Sveen, Hanna. 2016. ‘Lava or code red: a linguistic study of menstrual expressions in English and Swedish’, Women’s Reproductive Health, 3(3), pp. 145–159.
STUDIES/REPORTS
Clue. 2016. Talking about periods: an international investigation. Available at: www.helloclue.com/survey.html (Accessed: 27 May 2016).
House, Sara, Thérèse Mahon and Sue Cavill. 2012. Menstrual hygiene matters: a resource for improving menstrual hygiene around the world. WaterAid. Available at: www.wateraid.org/what-we-do/our-approach/research-and-publications/view-publication?id=02309d73-8e41-4d04-b2ef-6641f6616a4f (Accessed: 25 June 2017).
Long, Jeanne et al. 2013. WASH in schools empowers girls’ education in rural Cochabamba, Bolivia. UNICEF. Available at: https://resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/node/8951/pdf/wash_bolivia.pdf (Accessed: 25 June 2017).
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES/OTHER MEDIA
Anand, Utkarsh. 2016. ‘Sabarimala temple: Kerala government defends ban on women’s entry’, The Indian Express, 6 February. Available at: http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/sabarimala-temple-kerala-govt-defends-ban-on-womens-entry/ (Accessed: 18 April 2016).
Bond, Johanna. 2016. ‘5 anledningar till att älska mens-sex’ (‘5 reasons to love period sex’), Expressen, 12 February. Available at: www.expressen.se/omtalat/sex-och-relationer/5-anledningar-till-att-alska-mens-sex/?complete-navigation=&site=mobile (Accessed: 22 April 2016).
Express News Service. 2016. ‘Ban on women in Sabarimala temple has to pass constitution test, says SC’, The Indian Express, 12 April. Available at: http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/sabarimala-temple-ban-is-tradition-above-constitution-asks-sc-ban-women/ (Accessed: 18 April 2016).
George, Rose. 2014. ‘What is life like when your period means you are shunned from society?’, New Statesman, 11 March. Available at: www.newstatesman.com/world-affairs/2014/03/what-life-when-your-period-means-you-are-shunned-society (Accessed: 3 November 2015).
Hebelius Svahn, Marie. 2011. ‘Flickor med mens förbjudna i moskén’ (‘Girls on their periods banned from the mosque’), Expressen, 9 August. Available at: www.expressen.se/gt/flickor-med-mens-forbjudna-i-mosken/ (Accessed: 20 April 2016).
Iform. 2009. ‘Sex och menstruation kan kombineras’ (�
�Sex and menstruation can be combined’), Iform, 11 March. Available at: http://iform.se/halsa/sex/sex-och-menstruation-kan-kombineras (Accessed: 22 April 2016).
Kaur, Gagandeep. 2015. ‘Banished for menstruating: the Indian women isolated while they bleed’, The Guardian, 22 December. Available at: www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/dec/22/india-menstruation-periods-gaokor-women-isolated (Accessed: 22 April 2016).
Olovsson, Karolina. 2016. ‘7 anledningar till varför det är bra att ha sex när du har mens’ (‘7 reasons why it’s good to have sex when you’re on your period’), Vecko-Revyn, 1 March. Available at: http://veckorevyn.com/sex-relationer/7-anledningar-till-varfor-du-ska-ha-sex-nar-du-har-mens/ (Accessed: 22 April 2016).
Press Trust of India. 2015. ‘End “Gaokor” practice, rights panel tells Maharashtra’, NDTV, 14 September. Available at: www.ndtv.com/india-news/end-gaokor-practice-rights-panel-tells-maharashtra-1217395 (Accessed: 22 April 2016).
PTI. 2016. ‘Women entry to Sabarimala temple: centre to ascertain its stand, says Gowda’, The Indian Express, 15 January. Available at: http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/women-entry-to-sabarimala-temple-centre-to-ascertain-its-stand-says-gowda/ (Accessed: 18 April 2016).
Sanghani, Radhika. 2015a. ‘Indian women protest temple that wants to scan them for “impure” periods’, The Telegraph, 23 November. Available at: www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/indian-women-protest-temple-that-wants-to-scan-them-for-impure-p/ (Accessed: 18 April 2016).
——. 2015b. ‘Instagram deletes woman’s period photos – but her response is amazing’, The Telegraph, 30 March. Available at: www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/instagram-deletes-womans-period-photos-but-her-response-is-amazing/ (Accessed: 23 May 2016).
Sujit, John. 2013. ‘Karnataka, like Gujarat, lags in social parameters’, The Times of India, 17 August. Available at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Karnataka-like-Gujarat-lags-in-social-parameters/articleshow/21872862.cms (Accessed: 19 April 2016).
OTHER
Azad, Nikita. 2015. ‘“A young bleeding woman” pens an open letter to the keepers of Sabrimala Temple’, Youth Ki Awaaz, 20 November. Available at: www.youthkiawaaz.com/2015/11/open-letter-to-devaswom-chief-sabrimala/ (Accessed: 18 April 2016).
Barnes, Patrick. No date. Orthodox Christian information center. Available at: http://orthodoxinfo.com (Accessed: 20 April 2016).
FamiljeLiv (‘Family Life’). No date. FamiljeLiv.se. Available at: www.familjeliv.se (Accessed: 25 June 2017).
Finley, Harry. 2016. Museum of menstruation and women’s health. Available at: www.mum.org (Accessed: 25 June 2017) .
Henry, Clara. 2014. 10 sätt att bära ett mensskydd (‘10 ways to carry menstrual protection’). Available at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOW7whCR3YE (Accessed: 15 April 2016).
IslamGuiden (‘The Islam guide’). No date. IslamGuiden.com. Available at: www.islamguiden.com (Accessed: 20 April 2016).
Joseph, Sinu. 2014. ‘Menstrual taboos and ancient wisdom’, Mythri Speaks, 26 March. Available at: https://mythrispeaks.wordpress.com/2014/03/26/menstrual-taboos-and-ancient-wisdom/ (Accessed: 22 April 2016).
Kaur, Rupi. No date. Rupi Kaur’s Facebook page. Available at: www.facebook.com/rupikaurpoetry (Accessed: 23 May 2016).
Mensbloggen (‘The menstruation blog’). No date. Mensbloggen. Available at: http://mensbloggen.bloggplatsen.se (Accessed: 22 April 2016).
Pasricha, Japleen. 2013. ‘The vicious circle of menstrual taboos’, Japleen Pasricha, 18 September. Available at: https://japleenpasricha.wordpress.com/2013/09/19/the-vicious-circle-of-menstrual-taboos/ (Accessed: 22 April 2016).
SabarimaAyyappan. No date. SabarimaAyyappan.com. Available at: www.sabarimalaayyappan.com/index.htm (Accessed: 18 April 2016).
Stockholm County Council. No date. UMO.se. Available at: www.umo.se (Accessed: 25 June 2017).
Swedish Association for Sexuality Education. No date. RFSU.se. Available at: www.rfsu.se (Accessed: 25 June 2017).
The Constitution of India. 1949. Government of India. Available at: https://india.gov.in/my-government/constitution-india (Accessed: 18 April 2016).
United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator’s Office. 2011. ‘Chaupadi in the far-west’. Field bulletin, 1 April. Available at: www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Water/ContributionsStigma/others/field_bulletin_-_issue1_april_2011_-_chaupadi_in_far-west.pdf (Accessed: 25 June 2017).
See also sources from the chapter ‘Our Shame’, mainly those listed under ‘Books’, as well as Bhartiya (2013) and WSSCC and UN Women (2014).
A PAINFUL SILENCE
SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES
Agarwal, Anil K. and Anju Agarwal. 2010. ‘A study of dysmenorrhea during menstruation in adolescent girls’, Indian Journal of Community Medicine: Official Publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine, 35(1), pp. 159–164.
Cohen, Craig R. et al. 2012. ‘Bacterial vaginosis associated with increased risk of female-to-male HIV-1 transmission: a prospective cohort analysis among African couples’, PLoS Med, 9(6). Available at: http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1001251&type=printable (Accessed: 25 June 2017).
Garg, Rajesh, Shobha Goyal and Sanjeev Gupta. 2012. ‘India moves towards menstrual hygiene: subsidized sanitary napkins for rural adolescent girls – issues and challenges’, Maternal and Child Health Journal, 16(4), pp. 767–774.
Gillet, Evy et al. 2012. ‘Association between bacterial vaginosis and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: systematic review and meta-analysis’, PLoS ONE, 7(10). Available at: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0045201&type=printable (Accessed: 25 June 2017).
Raychaudhuri, S. and S. Mandal. 2012. ‘Socio-demographic and behavioural risk factors for cervical cancer and knowledge, attitude and practice in rural and urban areas of North Bengal, India’, Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 13(4), pp. 1093–1096.
Rushwan, Hawid. 2013. ‘Female genital mutilation: a tragedy for women’s reproductive health’, African Journal of Urology, 19(3), pp. 130–133.
Sumpter, Colin and Belen Torondel. 2013. ‘A systematic review of the health and social effects of menstrual hygiene management’, PLoS ONE, 8(4). Available at: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0062004&type=printable (Accessed: 25 June 2017).
Torondel, Belen et al. 2015. ‘Menstrual hygiene practices, WASH access and the risk of urogenital infection in women from Odisha, India’, PLoS ONE, 10(6). Available at: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0130777&type=printable (Accessed: 25 June 2017).
van Oostrum, N. et al. 2013. ‘Risks associated with bacterial vaginosis in infertility patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis’, Human Reproduction, 28(7), pp. 1809–1815.
STUDIES/REPORTS
Ahmed, Rokeya and Kabita Yesmin. 2008. Menstrual hygiene: breaking the silence. WaterAid Bangladesh. Available at: https://fr.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Ahmed-2008-Menstrual.pdf (Accessed: 25 June 2017).
Piper Pillitteri, Sally. 2012. School menstrual hygiene management in Malawi: more than toilets. WaterAid. Available at: www.k4health.org/sites/default/files/pillitteri-2011-mhm-school.pdf (Accessed: 25 June 2017).
Seymour, Kathryn. 2008. Bangladesh: tackling menstrual hygiene taboos. UNICEF Bangladesh. Available at: www.unicef.org/wash/files/10_case_study_BANGLADESH_4web.pdf (Accessed: 25 June 2017).
World Health Organization. 2009. Women and health: today’s evidence, tomorrow’s agenda. Available at: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/44168/1/9789241563857_eng.pdf (Accessed: 25 June 2017).
——. No date. Health financing. Available at: www.who.int/topics/health_economics/en/ (Accessed: 2 May 2016).
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES/OTHER MEDIA
Bixo, Marie. 2013. ‘Gråtattacker och vredesutbrott hör till vardagen’ (‘Fits of crying and rage part of everyday life’). Interview with Marie Bixo. Interview by Annika Lund for Medical Science, 3, pp. 22–23.<
br />
Eriksson, Hedvig. 2016. ‘Mensskydd kan innehålla farliga ämnen’ (‘Menstrual protection may contain dangerous substances’), SVT Nyheter (‘SVT news’), 9 March. Available at: www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/mensskydd-kan-innehalla-farliga-amnen (Accessed: 2 May 2016).
Jones, Abigail. 2016. ‘The fight to end period shaming is going mainstream’, Newsweek, 20 April. Available at: www.newsweek.com/2016/04/29/womens-periods-menstruation-tampons-pads-449833.html (Accessed: 21 April 2016).
Khan, Natasha and Ketaki Gokhale. 2013. ‘No menstrual hygiene for Indian women holds economy back’, Bloomberg, 24 July. Available at: www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-07-24/no-menstrual-hygiene-for-indian-women-holds-economy-back?cmpid=otbrn.sustain.story (Accessed: 3 May 2016).
Merckx Lennen, Josefin. 2016. ‘Regeringsbeslut: det blir nationella riktlinjer för endometrios’ (‘Government decision: there will be national guidelines for endometriosis’), SVT Nyheter (‘SVT news’), 4 February. Available at: www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/regeringsbeslut-det-blir-nationella-riktlinjer-for-endometrios (Accessed: 4 February 2016).
Plånboken (‘The wallet’). 2016. ‘Oklart innehåll i mensskydd’ (‘Unclear contents in menstrual protection’), Radio Sweden, 9 March. Available at: http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2778&artikel=6385858 (Accessed: 9 March 2016).
Wennerström, Ellen. 2012. ‘Smittsamhet för HIV ökar vid slidsjukdomar’ (‘HIV infectivity increases with vaginal diseases’), Vetenskapsradion (‘The science radio’), Radio Sweden, 27 July. Available at: http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=406&artikel=5168188 (Accessed: 2 May 2016).
OTHER
Dawood, Yusoff M. 2008. ‘Dysmenorrhea’, The Global Library of Women’s Medicine. Available at: http://editorial.glowm.com/index.html?p=glowm.cml/section_view&articleid=9 (Accessed: 25 June 2017).
Endometriosföreningen, Sverige (‘Endometriosis association, Sweden’). No date. Endometriosforeningen.com. Available at: www.endometriosforeningen.com (Accessed: 25 June 2017).
Endometriosis Foundation of Africa. No date. EFA-Africa.org. Available at: www.efa-africa.org (Accessed: 25 June 2017).
It's Only Blood_Shattering the Taboo of Menstruation Page 15
