Understanding Period Poverty: Socio-Economic Inequalities in Menstrual Hygiene Management in Eight Low- and Middle-Income Countries
| dc.contributor.author | Rossouw, Laura | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ross, Hana | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-10-20T00:53:51Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-10-20T00:53:51Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-03-04 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2021-03-12T14:38:23Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Menstrual hygiene management and health is increasingly gaining policy importance in a bid to promote dignity, gender equality and reproductive health. Effective and adequate menstrual hygiene management requires women and girls to have access to their menstrual health materials and products of choice, but also extends into having private, clean and safe spaces for using these materials. The paper provides empirical evidence of the inequality in menstrual hygiene management in Kinshasa (DRC), Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Rajasthan (India), Indonesia, Nigeria and Uganda using concentration indices and decomposition methods. There is consistent evidence of wealth-related inequality in the conditions of menstrual hygiene management spaces as well as access to sanitary pads across all countries. Wealth, education, the rural-urban divide and infrastructural limitations of the household are major contributors to these inequalities. While wealth is identified as one of the key drivers of unequal access to menstrual hygiene management, other socio-economic, environmental and household factors require urgent policy attention. This specifically includes the lack of safe MHM spaces which threaten the health and dignity of women and girls. | en_US |
| dc.identifier | doi: 10.3390/ijerph18052571 | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Rossouw, L., & Ross, H. (2021). Understanding Period Poverty: Socio-Economic Inequalities in Menstrual Hygiene Management in Eight Low- and Middle-Income Countries. <i>International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health</i>, 18(5), http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35277 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Rossouw, Laura, and Hana Ross "Understanding Period Poverty: Socio-Economic Inequalities in Menstrual Hygiene Management in Eight Low- and Middle-Income Countries." <i>International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health</i> 18, 5. (2021) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35277 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Rossouw, L. & Ross, H. 2021. Understanding Period Poverty: Socio-Economic Inequalities in Menstrual Hygiene Management in Eight Low- and Middle-Income Countries. <i>International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.</i> 18(5) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35277 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Rossouw, Laura AU - Ross, Hana AB - Menstrual hygiene management and health is increasingly gaining policy importance in a bid to promote dignity, gender equality and reproductive health. Effective and adequate menstrual hygiene management requires women and girls to have access to their menstrual health materials and products of choice, but also extends into having private, clean and safe spaces for using these materials. The paper provides empirical evidence of the inequality in menstrual hygiene management in Kinshasa (DRC), Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Rajasthan (India), Indonesia, Nigeria and Uganda using concentration indices and decomposition methods. There is consistent evidence of wealth-related inequality in the conditions of menstrual hygiene management spaces as well as access to sanitary pads across all countries. Wealth, education, the rural-urban divide and infrastructural limitations of the household are major contributors to these inequalities. While wealth is identified as one of the key drivers of unequal access to menstrual hygiene management, other socio-economic, environmental and household factors require urgent policy attention. This specifically includes the lack of safe MHM spaces which threaten the health and dignity of women and girls. DA - 2021-03-04 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town IS - 5 J1 - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health KW - menstrual health KW - menstrual hygiene management KW - inequality KW - water and sanitation KW - gender KW - environmental health KW - sanitary pads LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2021 T1 - Understanding Period Poverty: Socio-Economic Inequalities in Menstrual Hygiene Management in Eight Low- and Middle-Income Countries TI - Understanding Period Poverty: Socio-Economic Inequalities in Menstrual Hygiene Management in Eight Low- and Middle-Income Countries UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35277 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052571 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35277 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Rossouw L, Ross H. Understanding Period Poverty: Socio-Economic Inequalities in Menstrual Hygiene Management in Eight Low- and Middle-Income Countries. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021;18(5) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35277. | en_ZA |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher.department | School of Economics | en_US |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Commerce | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_US |
| dc.source | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | en_US |
| dc.source.journalissue | 5 | en_US |
| dc.source.journalvolume | 18 | en_US |
| dc.source.uri | https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph | |
| dc.subject | menstrual health | |
| dc.subject | menstrual hygiene management | |
| dc.subject | inequality | |
| dc.subject | water and sanitation | |
| dc.subject | gender | |
| dc.subject | environmental health | |
| dc.subject | sanitary pads | |
| dc.title | Understanding Period Poverty: Socio-Economic Inequalities in Menstrual Hygiene Management in Eight Low- and Middle-Income Countries | en_US |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_US |