79. Menstrual Hygiene Day: Poverty, Culture and Sustainability

<p>What's the link between periods, neoliberal economic policies and lack of water access? Why marketing campaigns are shifting from "freeing women" of "oppressing" cultural understandings of period blood to "organic" and "sustainable" menstrual waste management? In a span of a century, when did we shift from "inclusion into the workforce" to "human development" to "greener futures"?</p> <p>How wide is the gap of period poverty and tax in your country? How connected or disconnected are we from this biological process, which meaning and stories do we tell of our own experience and how the community/national/global stories are or aren't a reflection of yours? How can we reduce environmental waste without "shaming" or "blaming" women?&nbsp;</p> <p>Join us in this exploration, follow us on Instagram @womanhood_ir and join our community in Patreon: www.patreon.com/womanhoodir</p> <p><strong>Listen to related episodes:&nbsp;</strong></p> <ul> <li>29. Menstruation &amp; Human Rights</li> <li>63. Natasha Dokovska, Anna Samwel &amp; Verena Demmelbauer on Sanitation Justice in the Balkans and Caucasus Regions</li> <li>64. Verena Demmelbauer on Gender Responsive Toolkit for WASH Projects</li> <li>65. Luisa Passalacqua on Menstruation Across Generations</li> </ul> <p><strong>Recommended links of this episode:&nbsp;</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.euronews.com/green/2019/05/28/world-menstrual-hygiene-day-how-to-have-a-sustainable-period">World Menstrual Hygiene Day: How to have a sustainable period</a></li> <li><a href="https://theconversation.com/the-future-of-periods-can-now-be-sustainable-and-cheap-133025"><strong>The future of periods can now be sustainable and&nbsp;cheap&nbsp;</strong></a></li> <li><a href="https://period-action.org/education">Period The Movement: Education Tools&nbsp;</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.organicup.com/environmental-reasons-to-switch/">Environmental reasons to switch to a menstrual cup</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.cottonconnect.org/resources-hub/women-in-cott