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Menstrual Health Management (MHM) of Adolescents in Mumbai Slums: Identifying Gender Norms and Gaps (2024)
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- Menstrual Health Management (MHM) of Adolescents in Mumbai Slums: Identifying Gender Norms and Gaps (2024)
- Menstrual Health Management (MHM) of Adolescents in Mumbai Slums: Identifying Gender Norms and Gaps (2024)
Concerns on Menstrual Health Management (MHM) are wide-ranging and encompass the experiences of women and girls of shame and awkwardness, the barriers or health issues they face in managing their periods, and the consequences they face in terms of reproductive health and rights and overall wellbeing. There is a significant need to fill these gaps and build evidence on girls’ and women’s lived experiences of menstrual issues in resource-poor urban slums. The project Menstrual Health Management (MHM) of Adolescents in Mumbai Slums: Identifying gender norms and gaps aimed to answer the following questions: Are girls well-informed about and prepared for menstruation? How do they react at the time of their first menstrual experience? What norms does the household follow with regard to menstruation? How do girls obtain hygienic menstrual products, and do they use these regularly? How do they address WaSH issues during menstruation? With whom do they share menstruation-related questions and difficulties? How much does the social and physical environment influence menstrual health and related practices? What is the role of boys and young men in supporting girls and women during menstruation in terms of knowledge, attitudes, supportive behaviours, and so on? What role do the community health workers, school teachers and parents play in informing and supporting girls and young women with regard to MHM? What do girls, young women, boys, and young men recommend to improve MHM?
The project is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation that supports the Centre of Demography of Gender (CDG). The study includes three components: a survey of 1275 girls and young women (ages 12-24), a parallel survey of 584 boys and young men (ages 15-24), and a qualitative phase comprising key informant interviews with those engaged in providing MHM related information and services (17), and in-depth interviews with 20 parents (10 mothers and 10 fathers).