Menstrual Equity: At Home and Abroad
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Olin LC 118
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm EST/GMT-5
CodeRed and the Office of Gender Equity present a presentation and discussion on global perspectives of menstrual equity with Public Health Professor Marie Donahue.5:00 pm – 6:00 pm EST/GMT-5
ABOUT THE DISCUSSION:
There are 1.8 billion girls and women of reproductive age in the world. Of these, at least 500 million lack adequate materials and facilities for managing their menstrual health. This lack of even the most basic resources have dire consequences for girls and women, and in turn, their families, communities, and countries. Recent studies have concluded that:
-In India, 23% percent of girls drop out of school because they lack access to toilets and sanitary pads.
-A study in Ghana showed that 96.8% of participating schoolgirls felt "more confident" while wearing pads during their period and 98.4% felt better able to concentrate at school.
-When 10% more girls go to school, their country’s GDP increases on average by 3%. Menstrual health and management (MHM) is directly linked to the fulfillment of human rights and while menstrual health and management is not mentioned specifically in the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), MHM is key to achieving five of the 17 current goals.
This talk will address obstacles young girls face in managing menstruation around the world, and the discussion will provide and opportunity to talk about ways we can address this issue both at home and abroad.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Marie Donahue is a public health professor with over thirty years of clinical experience in working in clinics both at home (in New York City, Philadelphia, Washington D.C, and Chapel Hill) as well as abroad (in Tanzania, Rwanda, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Haiti, and Bolivia). Trained as a pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Donahue has worked with populations around the world afflicted by a variety of infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDs, Ebola, and Lymphatic Filariasis. Donahue brings a wealth of global public health knowledge from her work as a clinical mentor and infectious disease specialist.
For more information, call 845-758-6822 x2424, or e-mail [email protected].
Time: 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Location: Olin LC 118