Smiles Dana, Short Susan, Sommer Marni
Brown University.
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.
Womens Reprod Health (Phila). 2017;4(3):185-197. doi: 10.1080/23293691.2017.1388721. Epub 2017 Dec 4.
Menstrual health is central to girls' wellbeing, and is connected to their rights to health, education, safety, non-discrimination, and autonomy. This article investigates girls' experiences of menstruation in present-day Ethiopia. Results, based on data collected from 120 girls in two regions, illustrate the challenges associated with menstruation, including menstrual taboos and cultural beliefs surrounding menstruation, myths about menstruation and sex, and restrictive social expectations related to marriage, and interpersonal interaction. These challenges diminish girls' health, education, safety, and autonomy, and in so doing, underscore the relevance of menstrual health to rights' agendas that seek to advance girls' wellbeing.
月经健康是女孩福祉的核心,与她们的健康权、受教育权、安全权、非歧视权和自主权相关。本文调查了当代埃塞俄比亚女孩的月经经历。基于从两个地区的120名女孩收集的数据得出的结果,揭示了与月经相关的挑战,包括月经禁忌和围绕月经的文化信仰、关于月经和性的误解,以及与婚姻和人际互动相关的限制性社会期望。这些挑战损害了女孩的健康、教育、安全和自主权,从而凸显了月经健康与旨在促进女孩福祉的权利议程的相关性。