2023

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RT @Epiph_mo: I had so much fun and learnt so much from the panelists. It's amazing what @FloHaven and @girluprising are doing in their com…

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📢Our 4th Episode is LIVE! @ursulamaschette speaks to our grassroot champions to discuss the future of advocacy in a digital world, political involvement and sustainable solutions in fighting #periodpoverty. Watch now! https://t.co/GhtWg5bcXz

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RT @CleggBamber: The report from @PandemicPeriods led by @jmartinresearch can be found here 👇

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RT @CleggBamber: @PandemicPeriods have recently looked at funding and provision of period products across Scotland and the outcomes weren't…

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Have you read our latest policy analysis – We are advocating for more support for @COSLA & the 32 Scottish local authorities so they can implement the Period Products (Free Provision)(Scotland) Act 21 appropriately. #menstrualhealth https://t.co/wy3e7hEY6C

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We must do more to share the lived experience of people with endometriosis and continue pushing for further funding to support research. #EndometriosisAwarenessMonth

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There is currently no known cure for endometriosis, and treatment is usually aimed at controlling symptoms. Access to early diagnosis and effective endometriosis treatment is essential but limited in many settings, including low- and middle-income countries.

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but also work to broaden what we mean by menstrual wellness and menstrual equity."

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Experiencing endometriosis has helped me to understand better the narrow scope we presently have on menstrual wellness. Let’s use this month to not only discuss the necessity of validating and solving the pain and symptoms people with endometriosis experience...

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: menstruation is multidimensional and impacts every aspect of someone’s well-being - from gut health to sleep quality to participation in extracurriculars...

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The normalisation of menstrual pain in medical settings with a near failure to recognise the hindrance it has on psychological, social, sexual, and relational well-being highlights the impoverished outlook we have on menstruation...

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and the daily symptoms I experienced throughout my cycle, I saw firsthand how a disease could steal your time. Endometriosis highlights how, when the medical system time, poverty does not prioritise menstrual wellness, and the pain gap is exacerbated...

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Our Research Associate, @ReganMoss20🇺🇸, shared her lived experience of living with endometriosis: "Endometriosis has been a disease that has sometimes made me loathe my womanhood. As the pain gap became normalised in my life, my interactions with providers...

The Pandemic Periods Collective elevates the voices of grassroots activists to drive a stronger, intersectional and global menstrual health narrative.

Meet Our Collective

Established in 2020, Pandemic Periods is a global group of volunteers on a mission to drive knowledge and expertise in menstrual health at the country level that will feed into the indicators for the UN’s sustainable development goals (2030). Our multicultural, interdisciplinary, and regionally diverse group work together to push the global narrative and ensure it is included on the global health agenda! We practice ethical leadership and discussion and aim to elevate each other. Together, we are more robust and more creative.

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We pledge to drive collective action around Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 to achieve gender equality to empower all women and girls and facilitate efforts that ensure that all girls and women can manage their periods with dignity to achieve SDG 3 of good health and well-being.

Eight hundred million individuals are menstruating each day, yet menstruation is not always recognised as a priority in women’s, girls, transmen and non-binary individuals’ health and well-being. Through our global collective, we will continue to raise the visibility of sub-optimal menstrual health. Through creative storytelling and action-orientated advocacy, we will advocate for safe, affordable, and hygienic products, discreet spaces, and hygiene facilities so women, girls, and all people that menstruate can manage their periods with dignity.

Pandemic Periods will commit to advocating for menstrual health to be recognised independently of sexual and reproductive rights – we want multilateral to have teams dedicated to menstrual health, not just sexual and reproductive health. We also pledge to advocate for menstrual health across the life course, not just for adolescent girls.

We are committed to advocating for girls and women’s needs, and their involvement should be integrated into the co-design and execution of advocacy initiatives, interventions, and gender transformative approaches that address menstrual health in the context of COVID-19 and in the future.

We will work with employers worldwide to encourage them to adopt gender-transformative policies that will create gender-responsive workplaces that address the needs of individuals that menstruate across the life course.

We will also continue to support young women to gain further experience in this sector by offering training and exposure to global health, menstrual health, and gender equality advocacy.

2023

Ready for Action

Watch OUR DECEMBER EVENT now

Menstrual Health Matters

The Pandemic Periods Collective elevates the voices of grassroots activists to drive a stronger, intersectional and global menstrual health narrative.

Meet Our Collective

Dr. Jennifer Martin

Halima Lila

Sabrina Browne

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Hidden challenges: addressing menstrual health in emergencies

Inclusion means everyone: standing up for transgender and non-binary individuals who menstruate worldwide.

Why We Need an Integrated Response to Period Poverty in Pandemics

our generation equality forum commitment

We pledge to drive collective action around Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 to achieve gender equality to empower all women and girls and facilitate efforts that ensure that all girls and women can manage their periods with dignity to achieve SDG 3 of good health and well-being.

We are committed to advocating for girls and women’s needs, and their involvement should be integrated into the co-design and execution of advocacy initiatives, interventions, and gender transformative approaches that address menstrual health in the context of COVID-19 and in the future.

We will work with employers worldwide to encourage them to adopt gender-transformative policies that will create gender-responsive workplaces that address the needs of individuals that menstruate across the life course.

We will also continue to support young women to gain further experience in this sector by offering training and exposure to global health, menstrual health, and gender equality advocacy.

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