4M: Menarche, Menstruation, Menopause & Mental Health

Love Data, Stata and building the evidence base for menstrual health? Check out this new opportunity to join our team as a Research Data Officer (Australian work rights required) https://lnkd.in/gf-9ZV8S

📢 Join us to demand a Menstrual Act Now! Our Menstrual Health, Dignity, and Sustainability Act has been backed by 35 experts and organisations. We need your help to demand a Menstrual Act Now! With 42 per cent of girls in the UK struggling to afford period products, menstrual products generating 28,114 tonnes of waste in the UK per year, and conventional period products containing toxic chemicals and metals, it’s clear women, girls and people who menstruate are being let down when it comes to their periods. Wen is urgently calling for a Menstrual Health, Dignity, and Sustainability Act, backed by over 35 leading experts, NGOs, academics, environmentalists, and period product manufacturers. Supporters include Baroness Natalie Bennett Green Party peer, Dr. Karen Joash Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, charity Girlguiding, and campaign group Bloody Good Period. The act outlines actionable steps to improve menstrual health, sustainability and ongoing stigma surrounding menstruation. It frames menstruation as both a human rights and public health issue, drawing inspiration from pioneering policies in Catalonia and Scotland. 🚨We need your help Our research shows that more than eight in 10 UK women and people who menstruate agree period products must be better regulated and nine in 10 agree manufacturers should be made to list the contents on product packaging. We urgently need a Menstrual Act. Please back the act by pledging your support, write to your MP using our template letters, and share the message on social media demanding a #MenstrualActNow. For more information and the full Menstrual Health, Dignity, and Sustainability Act and the list of supporters: https://lnkd.in/e-GHVCJX

My research study is now open to people living with pelvic pain with or without other pain conditions. The survey, which takes around 20 minutes to complete, asks questions about your pelvic pain and its impacts on your life, your identity, your mental health and the way that you think about your pain. Participation is voluntary, you do not have to provide any identifying information and you are free to stop the survey at any time. To find out more or to complete the survey, please follow this link: https://lnkd.in/dkWnwC4M or use the QR code. Thanks for reading and please share widely!

Come and join my team! I am looking for a talented postdoc with experience in single cell discovery, bioinformatics and immunology. https://lnkd.in/eRPhAffQ

What do periods have to do with health and climate justice? Come and find out at this fab even organised by the Women's Environmental Network! Join us for an evening of lively discussion on October 23rd, London, EC2A - enjoy stalls, panel discussion (by me and an incredible line up of panelists), Q&A & drinks & nibbles. https://lnkd.in/eV53MYnB

On 1st October, I'll be giving a talk in Oxford about menstrual health and menopause. I'll be talking about social media, advocacy and popular culture. This is part of a series of exciting events organised by Oxford Brookes for Menopause Awareness Month. https://lnkd.in/egVRhCR2

Join us in Exeter to conduct a fully funded GW4 Alliance PhD in data science applied to menstrual health tracking 🩸⌚️📱 Supervised by a great team across Exeter, Bristol and Cardiff unis. Lots of scope to take this in the direction you want it to go. Brilliant foundation for a career focused on improving women’s health, whether in academia or industry. https://lnkd.in/eQbiWVxi I am very happy to hear from anyone interested in applying over email (I try to keep my lines of communication streamlined, so please email rather than replying here or DMing me 😊🙏 g.c.sharp at exeter.ac.uk)

Our paper on period poverty in six sub-saharan African countries has finally been published. It’s been three years since the idea was conceived. As you congratulate me and my team, please take time and read the article: https://lnkd.in/eab72anf: , go though the summary slides and the poster. Once you finish, share with relevant stakeholders that you may know of and let’s keep this discussion going. My greatest joy will be if this work leads to impactful menstrual health policies in Sub-saharan Africa and other similar settings. Key message: Menstrual hygiene management needs are ONE UNIT, and must be provided SIMULTANEOUSLY, for effective management of Menstruation. #notjustpads STORY BEHIND THE PAPER I was watching a story on the Lynn Ngugi show about a woman who travelled to Turkana, Kenya, to distribute reusable pads to girls as part of her philanthropic efforts. After they had finished distributing the pads, one girl pulled her aside to express her gratitude, but also asked, "What about water and soap to wash them?" That question not only sparked my curiosity but also reminded me of a time in my life when I had access to water and soap but not sanitary pads. Such experiences are quite relatable all over, right? I also realized that most Menstrual programs focused on providing sanitary pads only (without other needs like water, soap and sanitary facilities) I also wondered; based on what evidence do implementers decide on the specific needs to focus on, and the where? The gap being evident and the problem obvious, I decided to contribute to solutions the way I know best,…data. My collaborators embraced the idea and together we have worked to this level. I had an opportunity to present this work at the 4M: Menarche, Menstruation, Menopause & Mental Health conference a few months ago. From the discourse, I am convinced that the findings of this study are applicable to other similar settings across the globe Thank you James Oguta Elvis Omondi Wambiya , Peter O. Otieno , Grace Mbuthia , peter kibe, loise Ng'ang'a I acknowledge Performance Monitoring for Action (formerly PMA2020) for datasets. My goal was to promote data driven policies and programs for Menstrual Health and, that every menstruating girl and woman shall have a dignified period. Together we can do this. WoMena Emmanuel Anongeba Anaba Evelyn Saiyianet Tumaina AFRIpads Foundation @womena Irise International UNFPA Burkina Faso Humjoli Foundation

New job alert! We're looking for a post-doc qualitative researcher to join us in 2025 on a study looking at understanding and improving #endometriosis care. The closing date is 12pm 17th Sept https://lnkd.in/eRGRFejm #ResearchJobs #endometriosisresearch #womenshealth EndoCaRe Oxford 🎗️

Our latest article has just been published in Women's Health, as part of their special collection on Improving Menstrual Health throughout the Reproductive Life Course. We tested the predictive validity of the Behavioural Model of Health Services Use for medical help-seeking behaviour in dysmenorrhea (period pain). The study raised some interesting questions for future research, for which we need funding to support the use of more rigorous designs to help us really understand determinants and experiences of help-seeking for period pain. You can read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/eJqS9T74