Green Is the New Colour for Menstruation. Uger Fabric Pads Show the Way Through a Sustainable Perspective

Murthy, L.N.

doi:10.1007/978-81-322-2229-3_19

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“…Every kit contains six washable, reusable pads, underwear, two panty liners, a washcloth, two safety pins, a soap, and laundry detergent [30]. Jatan Sansthan, an NGO from Rajasthan, claims to have pioneered stitched cloth pads named 'Uger pads' in India [31].…”

Section: Studies Exploring Innovations Around Menstrual Productsmentioning

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Enabling factors for sustainable menstrual hygiene management practices: a rapid review

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This paper highlights the crucial enabling factors in menstrual hygiene management. The use of products depends on various factors such as access to water, privacy, social, cultural and econmic. Gender equality and women’s empowerment are integral parts of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Half of the world’s population are women, and women have specific needs to manage the menstrual cycle during their lifetime. To manage the bleeding during the menstrual cycle, girls and women use different products, depending on their accessibility and affordability. They are (a) disposable—one-time use products such as disposable pads, tampons, and (b) reusable products—reusable products such as cloth, washable and reusable cloth pads, menstrual cups, and period panties. The literature search revealed that there are limited studies related to the use of menstrual products and the impacts of these products on women’s health and the environment. A rapid review of the literature identified factors responsible for choosing a particular type of menstrual product, the perceptions of women using the products, and their implications on health and the environment. The study concluded with the need to study the type of menstrual products preferred by women using appropriate variables, address the issues of disposal systems, provide adolescent girls with adequate infrastructure, provide access to affordable sanitary products and gender equity to manage their periods with dignity, and increasing awareness regarding sustainable/ reusable menstrual products, suggesting further investigation in menstrual hygiene management.

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Section: Studies Exploring Innovations Around Menstrual Productsmentioning

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Enabling factors for sustainable menstrual hygiene management practices: a rapid review

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“…A multi -African country study was conducted in Ethiopia, Uganda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe to understand the existing MHM practices and ascertain the feasibility of introducing sustainable menstrual practices like cups and reusable pads [20]. In all ve countries, it was found that menstrual exclusion practices are still in practice, and menstruation is considered a taboo; thus, there is silence around the topic.…”

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“…The study also indicated that "the materials used during menstruation range from nothing to disposable pads, cloths/rags, commercial sanitary pads (disposable and reusable), toilet paper, magazines, cotton, pieces of mattress, natural materials (leaves, tree bark), digging a hole, goat skin, cow dung, ash, and sand are the main materials used in managing menstruation in the ve countries" [20].McMahon et al, 2011 studied the Kenyan Schoolgirls' perceptions and practices related to menstruation. The study was conducted in six rural schools.…”

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Significance of Education for Sustainable Menstrual Hygiene Management Practices: A rapid review

Pednekar

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Thakore³

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This paper highlights the crucial role of education in the menstrual hygiene management, growth and development of a country, gender equality and women’s empowerment, which are integral parts of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Half of the world’s population are women, and women have specific needs to manage the menstrual cycle during their lifetime. To manage the bleeding during the menstrual cycle, girls and women use different products, depending on their accessibility and affordability. They are a) disposable – one-time use products such as disposable pads, tampons, and b) reusable products – reusable products such as cloth, washable and reusable cloth pads, menstrual cups, and period panties. On average, women use 6–8 sanitary napkins per cycle and generate approximately 125 kg of menstrual waste during menstruating. The literature search revealed that there are limited studies related to the use of menstrual products and the impacts of these products on women’s health and the environment. A rapid review of the literature identified factors responsible for choosing a particular type of menstrual product, the perceptions of women using the products, and their implications on the health and environment. The study concluded with the need to study the type of menstrual products preferred by women using appropriate variables, address the issues of disposal systems, provide adolescent girls with adequate infrastructure, and provide access to affordable sanitary products and gender equity to manage their periods with dignity, suggesting further investigation in menstrual hygiene management.

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“…It is beyond the scope of this article to speculate on the details of such opportunities. However, I see great opportunities for deeper analysis and alliances with current research on sexual and reproductive health rights, education, and sustainability in the Global South [Mukherjee 2019;Murthy 2015;Tuli et al 2018], and for partnering to design and research the local and global impacts of the menstrual movement and how technologies could be designed with sustainable and educational aims in mind.…”

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Troubling Design

Søndergaard

2020

ACM Trans. Comput.-Hum. Interact.

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The euphemism "female trouble" (discreetly referring to women's health experiences) suggests that trouble is linked to women and bodily transitions women can go through. However, trouble is not only a noun; it is also a verb with a strong feminist tradition. In this article, I present troubling design; a theoretically grounded and practice-oriented design program for designing with women's health. Troubling design brings to matter how trouble is an implicit condition of designing ethical and responsible technologies for women's health. By designing with trouble, troubling design encourages designers and researchers to develop knowledge embedded in criticality and questioning status quo, in order to expand their perspectives on designing with intimate and tabooed bodily experiences. Grounded in feminist theory and research-through-design, troubling design contributes with analytical and generative design knowledge articulated through design examples and three practices: staying with the wrong, curious visiting, and collective imagining. CCS Concepts: • Human-centered computing → Interaction design;

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Green Is the New Colour for Menstruation. Uger Fabric Pads Show the Way Through a Sustainable Perspective

Cited by 5 publications

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Enabling factors for sustainable menstrual hygiene management practices: a rapid review

Enabling factors for sustainable menstrual hygiene management practices: a rapid review

Significance of Education for Sustainable Menstrual Hygiene Management Practices: A rapid review

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