Menstruation in Nepal (eBook, ePUB)

Dignity Without Danger
Redaktion: Parker, Sara; Subedi, Madhusudan; Standing, Kay

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the complexities of menstrual beliefs and practices in Nepal. Taking an interdisciplinary and intersectional approach, it explores and promotes the rights of women, girls and people who menstruate, to a dignified and healthy menstruation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040048276
• Artikelnr.: 70718293

Autorenporträt

Sara Parker is a Reader in Development Studies and is Principal Investigator on the British Academy Global Challenge Research Fund Sustainable Development Programme-funded project entitled Dignity Without Danger: Collaboratively Analysing Stigma and Taboos to Develop Innovative Strategies to Address Menstrual Exclusion in Nepal. Kay Standing is Professor in Gender Studies at Liverpool John Moore's University, United Kingdom. She has been involved in research on gender and education in Nepal since 2003 and has published extensively in both academic and media/online publications. Madhusudan Subedi is a Professor of Sociology and teaches medical, public health, and nursing students at Patan Academy of Health Sciences and MA and MPhil students at the Central Department of Sociology, Tribhuvan University, Nepal.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures x List of Tables xi Author Biographies xii Acknowledgements
xxi 1 Introduction 1 Sara Parker, Kay Standing and Madhusudan Subedi 2 An
Overview of Menstrual Normativity in Nepal 18 Stefanie Lotter and Neeti
Aryal Khanal 3 Sanskrit Texts and Contemporary Menstrual Taboos in South
Asia 35 Lidia Wojtczak 4 "It Is Women's Blood. It Is Their Curse"
Continuity and Change in the Interpretation and Practice of Menstrual
Exclusion across Three Generations in Nepal 45 Mira Mishra 5 The Politics
of Breaking the Chhau Goth: The Experiences of Young Dalit Women in Achham
62 Neeti Aryal Khanal 6 Fluidity in Practise: Exploring Menstrual Practices
in Baglung 79 Lina Baniya and Sara Parker 7 Society or the Law? "No Matter
What Law Comes, This Society Won't Stop Practising Chhaupadi": A Discussion
on the Causes and Implications of Menstrual Restrictions in Dailekh
District 96 Josephine McAllister, Melanie Channon, Mahesh C. Puri, Fran
Amery and Jennifer Thomson 8 From Fear to Shame: Socio-political Influences
on Menstruation Practice in the Hill and Mountain Region of West Nepal 115
Rajya Laxmi Gurung and Stefanie Lotter 9 Issues on Menstrual Hygiene
Practices, Restrictions, and Perceptions: A Need to Strengthen Menstrual
Health Education 130 Evangeline Clarke and Aditi Luitel 10 'Dignity' and
'Freedom' Kits: Insights into Re-usable Menstrual Pads in Nepal 145 Sara
Parker and Kay Standing 11 Using Participatory Filmmaking with School
Adolescents on Menstrual Hygiene Management in a School in the Chitwan
District of Nepal 164 Sudha Ghimire, Gyanu Maharjan, Bhimsen Devkota,
Astrid T. Sinnes and Bishal K. Sitaula 12 Menstruators with Disabilities:
The Population Left Behind by Menstrual Health Management 179 Sapana
Basnet, Rose Khatri and Sarita Lamichhane 13 In Search of Dignified
Menstruation in Western Nepal: Evidence from the Field 191 Sanna-Leena
Rautanen, Pamela White and Kalpana Dishwa 14 Dignified Menstruation and
Educational Initiatives of Menstrual Health and Hygiene Management
Partners' Alliance in Nepal 206 Guna Raj Shrestha and Ganga Ram Gautam 15
Dignified Menstruation in Nepal and Beyond 222 Radha Paudel, Manamaya
Pangeni Bhattarai and Mili Adhikari 16 Working Vertically and Horizontally:
A Comprehensive Theoretical Framework for Addressing the Harmful Effects of
Menstrual Traditions in Nepal 236 Sara E. Baumann, Müge Finkel, Pema Lhaki
and Jessica G. Burke 17 Conclusion and the Way Forward 253 Madhusudan
Subedi, Sara Parker and Kay Standing