Menstruation Research Conference 2026 Programme
Draft version: 24/06/2026
Welcome to the Menstruation Research Conference 2026 programme.
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Timetable
Day 1: Tuesday 7th July 2026
Day 2: Wednesday 8th July 2026
Day 1
Morning Session 1 (09:30-10:45)
Room: Jubilee LT
10:00-10:45 Session ID: KN_1 (Format: Keynote; Chair: Chi Eziefula & Gemma Sharp)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Helen Lynn | Gender bias, social stigma or vested interests – what is preventing the regulation of period products? |
Morning Session 2 (11:15-12:45)
Room: 115
11:15-12:45 Session ID: MH_01 (Theme: Menstrual health, mental health and wellbeing; Format: Oral; Chair: Kay Standing)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Alexandre de Montleau | Exploring Receptivity-Aware Timing as a Driver of Engagement in Digital Health Interventions |
| Arushi Handa | Autonomic Nervous System Activity and Affective Variability Across Menstrual Cycle Phases: A Scoping Review |
| Boon Carmen | Can virtual exposure to nature alleviate mood disturbances in premenstrual syndrome? |
| Chella Quint | Time Periods and Menstrual Time Travel: Sculpting the menstrual life course – community arts research for menstrual wellbeing, mental wellbeing and agency |
| Christina Simoes Steyn | Physical and mental health comorbidities of premenstrual dysphoric disorder: Analysis of 4,475 participants in Our Future Health |
| Laura Cowley | Feasibility of EMPOWER-CT: Endometriosis Management and Promotion of Wellbeing using Evidence-based Research into Contrast Therapy |
| Ciara Thomas | A qualitative study exploring the perceptions of young women aged 16-19 years about the high rates of anxiety in their age group |
Room: 118
11:15-12:45 Session ID: Pr_01 (Theme: Menstrual products access, design, health and sustainability; Format: Oral; Chair: Sophie Collins)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Aakeen Parikh | Locally engineering sustainable, reusable sanitary pads from agricultural waste to overcome period poverty in Rwanda. |
| Alina Geampana | Understanding fertility tracking: An investigation into digital and non-digital technology use |
| Anushka Swannell | Public Opinion & Knowledge on Period Product Safety |
| Radhika Shrivastava | Periods Should Not Cost the Planet: A Pilot Project on Sustainable and Affordable Menstrual Hygiene Products |
| Harriet Wilkinson | From ‘Old Wives’ Tales’ to Digital Trackers: Mapping Menstruation in Ireland |
| Kristen Upson | Impact of providing free menstrual products on menstrual management and wellbeing at a large, U.S. midwestern university |
| Ruth Guest | Evaluating Reusable Menstrual Products in Deployed Maritime Settings: A Service Evaluation Exploring Acceptability, Feasibility and Operational Impact |
Room: 135
11:15-12:45 Session ID: D_01 (Theme: Menstrual dignity, inequality and stigma; Format: Oral; Chair: Sampurna Kundu)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Natália Blahová | Menstrual Exclusion as a Lens for Understanding Systemic Oppression: Gender, Ethnic, and Socio-economic Inequality of Slovak Roma Menstruators |
| Basudha Bhattacharya | Suwahuwa vs Shakti: Ambivalence, Agency , and Negotiation in Assamese Brahmin Women’s Menstrual Identities |
| Danielle Markham | Menstruation at Work and Tabooing of Women’s Bodies |
| Diana Manoshi | Influence of Family and Culture at Menarche: A Qualitative Study. |
| Petra Kolić | Hidden, managed, negotiated: How emotion norms shape menstrual health in UK high schools |
| Monica R. Ticlla | Menstrual Blood as a Biopsychosocial Phenomenon among Kukama-Kukamiria Women in the Peruvian Amazon |
| Eva Marti | Changing Menstrual Norms: Evidence from a Community-Based Randomized Intervention in Nepal |
Room: 143
11:15-12:45 Session ID: MH_02 (O) (Theme: Menstrual health, mental health and wellbeing; Format: Online oral; Chair: Alice Brooks)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Amandine Sénéquier | Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and menstrual cycle symptoms in females: Findings from a cross-sectional survey |
| Bijoya Roy | ‘Painful Menstruation isn’t Okay’: Narratives of Women with Endometriosis from Urban India |
| Devipriya S | Beyond the Blood: Exploring Dysmenorrhea, It’s Magnitude, Determinants, Impact, and Health-Seeking Behaviour among School-Going Adolescents in Central India, A Mixed-Methods Study |
| Gemma Williams | “During a pandemic, my concerns about my periods seemed frivolous”: seeking menstrual health support during the pandemic |
| Klara Abrahamsson | Menstrual-related symptoms and absence from school among young people in Sweden: A stratified, randomized, population-based survey |
| Marie-Christine Opitz | Investigating the Association between Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Eating Disorder Symptoms |
Room: 144
11:15-12:45 Session ID: LE_03 (H) (Theme: Menstrual literacy and education; Format: Oral; Chair: Sally King)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Sara Parker | Resources for Menstrual Education - R4ME key insights from Nepal |
| Marta Maria Nicolazzi | Intergenerational Meanings of Menarche: Narratives Across Generations |
| Tuwilika Nafuka | Gamifying Menstrual Literacy: The “BloomBox” Board Game as a Tool for Destigmatizing Menstrual Health Education in Namibia |
| Urooba Fatima | To enroll or not to enroll: Investigating menstrual attitudes in Pakistani diaspora via willingness to enroll in Sex Education at Schools. |
| Flurina Dominique Thali | Menstrual Waters: Reimagining Cycle Literacy Through the Moving Body - A Performative Talk |
| Smita Todkar | Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) for Menstrual Hygiene Management among Adolescent Girls of Urban-Poor Settings of Ranchi, India Implementation Research (Online Oral) |
Room: 155
11:45-12:45 Session ID: LE_04 (O) (Theme: Menstrual literacy and education; Format: Online oral; Chair: Marcia Nißen)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Emmanuel Anongeba Anaba | Cluster-Randomised Trial of Menstrual Hygiene Interventions to improve girls’ participation in school activities in Ghana |
| Mosharrat Monima | Understanding Men’s Knowledge and Perceptions on Menstruation: A Qualitative Study |
11:15-11:45 Session ID: RT_07 (Format: Round Table)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Fran Amery, Melanie Channon, Jennifer Thomson, Minakshi Dahal | 11:15-11:45: Period politics and menstrual justice |
Room: 22
11:15-12:15 Session ID: WS_01 (Format: Workshop)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Chrissy Cattle, Sara Newton | 11:15-12:15: Irise International - Period Confident Schools: Lessons from Translating Youth-Led Research into a Whole-School Approach to Menstrual Justice |
12:15-12:45 Session ID: WS_03.1 (Format: Workshop)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Samantha Tavender | 12:15-12:45: Holding Space: Doing Emotionally Challenging Research — An Occupational Therapy Perspective on Researcher Wellbeing (part 1; continues after lunch) |
Room: Jubilee LT
11:15-12:45 Session ID: RT_01 (Format: Round Table)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Abigail Lennox, Meera Tiwari, BINTI, Katie Nearly, Freedom4girls, Inga Winkler | Dignity in Menstrual Health: Concept, Definition, and Practice |
Afternoon Session 1 (13:45-15:15)
Room: 115
13:45-15:15 Session ID: MH_03 (Theme: Menstrual health, mental health and wellbeing; Format: Oral; Chair: Katie Marwick)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Laura Cowley | The use of whole-body thermal therapies to support symptom management and wellbeing in people assigned female at birth with dysmenorrhea, pelvic pain, endometriosis, or adenomyosis: a scoping review |
| Christine Carolin Best | Menstrual Wellbeing in the Workplace: Subjective Experiences, Coping Practices, and Organisational Gaps |
| Sophie Hodgetts | “I Feel Everything All of the Time”: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Autistic Menstrual Experiences |
| Marijke Schotanus-Dijkstra | How to Flourish during the Menopausal Transition |
| Raminder Kaur | Life Beyond Diagnosis: Case Studies of Women Living with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome |
| Dot Ward | The current context of psychosocial support for perimenopausal women in the UK and the experiences of these women: a scoping review and a case study |
| Atiya Rahman | Menstrual Health Care-Seeking, and Well-being in Early Adolescence: Insights from Wave 1 of a Longitudinal Qualitative Study |
Room: 118
13:45-15:15 Session ID: Pr_02 (Theme: Menstrual products access, design, health and sustainability; Format: Oral; Chair: Jane Wilbur)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Kristen Upson | Unmet needs of high school menstruators from the menstrual equity perspective |
| Malissa Kay Shaw | Narratives of Sustainability in the Context of Reusable Menstrual Products |
| Petra Kolić | Free period products for better menstrual health? Policy enactment of the period product scheme in English high schools |
| Sara Khalid | Menstruation: Lived Experiences of Blind Adolescent Girls in Pakistan |
| Sara Sánchez López | More Than a Product Choice: Social Patterns in Menstrual Management. |
| Hannah Westwood | “The algorithm determines my fertility status”: The language of algorithmic authority on digital contraceptive apps |
| Chella Quint OBE | The S.D.U. and Y.O.U. a design challenge to make the period bin better |
Room: 135
13:45-15:15 Session ID: D_02 (Theme: Menstrual dignity, inequality and stigma; Format: Oral; Chair: Gemma Sawyer)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Josephine McAllister | “Society will scold her”: Perceived consequences for refusing to comply with menstrual restrictions in Mugu District, Nepal |
| Kate-Bowen Viner | Cisgender Boys and the Menstrual Movement |
| Kendal Stoneystreet | From Embodied Experience to Ruling Relations: Menstrual Inequality in an English FE College |
| Madison Lindeman | Exploring Men’s Perceptions, Attitudes, and Knowledge of Women’s Menstrual Experiences in Mbarara, Uganda |
| Magdalee Brunache | Menstrual Dignity in Contexts of Internal Displacement: Health, Autonomy and Structural Inequality in Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
| Gloria Dansoa Savage | Exploring the Intersections Between Violence and Menstrual Health: A Mixed-Method Systematic Review of Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Impact on Adolescents Aged 10 to 19 Years |
| Samantha Schwickert | From ‘menstrual monstering’ to the ‘cycle as a “female” superpower’ |
Room: 143
13:45-15:15 Session ID: MH_04 (O) (Theme: Menstrual health, mental health and wellbeing; Format: Online oral; Chair: Poppy Taylor)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Sumaiya Begum | Exploring Menopause Experiences among University Teachers in Sylhet: A Qualitative Study |
| Hilla Shaviv | Turning the Monthly Bleeding into A Monthly Liquid Biopsy |
| Amelia Brunt | A trauma informed menopause |
| Milna Sajee | Emotion Regulation Across the menopausal Transition : Implications for Women’s Mental Health |
| Rebecca Ellis | How do Autistic people manage menstruation? Findings from a UK-based longitudinal qualitative study. |
| Melany Birdsong | Cycles of Change: A Mixed-Methods Pilot Study of Menstrual Cycle Awareness and Menstrual Challenges |
| Salim Mwakidzuga | Menstrual Pain, Mental Health, and School Attendance: Impacts on Adolescent Wellbeing in Coastal Kenya |
Room: 144
13:45-15:15 Session ID: LE_02 (Theme: Menstrual literacy and education; Format: Oral; Chair: Annalise Weckesser)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Nicole Holt | From Stigma to Support: A Public Health Look at Menstrual Health in UK Schools |
| Rebecca Evans | Designing and Rolling-out an Intervention to address Menstrual literacy and menstrual pain in Nepal |
| Mel Channon | Assessing the impact of group‑based menstrual health workshops and psychoeducation on menstrual pain among adolescent girls in Nepal: Evidence from the MeJARa cluster randomised controlled trial |
| Sandrah Nabuule Manuella Senfuma | Community- led approaches to strengthening menstrual health and well-being in Uganda |
| Sitian Chen | Menstrual Education and Management in School Settings: Youth Voices from Chinese High School Students |
| Sophie Haas | Menstrual Health Literacy: A Scoping Review and Mixed-Methods Exploration of Conceptualisations, Measurement, and Interventions |
| Tristin Agtarap | Drawing out the myths: Preliminary findings from conducting creative workshops on period pain with UK adolescents |
Room: 155
14:15-15:15 Session ID: Mix_Pre_01 (D+LE) (Theme: Menstrual dignity, inequality and stigma; Format: Pre-recorded oral; Chair: Emily Budden)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Keely Lundy | Inclusive Period Care: Product Preferences for Young Autistic Menstruators |
| Precious Nzekwe | Beyond the Classroom: Menstrual Support & Wellbeing |
13:45-14:15 Session ID: RT_06 (O) (Format: Online Round Table; Chair: Emily Budden)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Namulwana Florence | 13:45-14:15: Exploring Menstrual Cup Awareness, Perceptions, and Use Among Adolescent Girls in Bugiri District Secondary Schools |
Room: 22
13:45-14:15 Session ID: WS_03.2 (Format: Workshop)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Samantha Tavender | 13:45-14:15: Holding Space: Doing Emotionally Challenging Research — An Occupational Therapy Perspective on Researcher Wellbeing (part 2) |
14:15-15:15 Session ID: WS_05 (Format: Workshop)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Katrina Taylor & Hannah Hersant | 14:15-15:15: What about a 5th ‘M’? Movement within the 4M’s: a life course approach to embedding physical activity. |
Room: Jubilee LT
13:45-15:15 Session ID: RT_02 (Format: Round Table)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Bettina Bildhauer, Helen Lynn, Inga Winkler, Hilary Critchley, Sophie Collins, Tigist Grieve, Lesley Regan | Menstrual Policy Priorities |
Afternoon Session 2 (15:45-17:00)
Room: 115
15:45-17:00 Session ID: Pol_01 (Theme: Menstrual policy; Format: Oral; Chair: Fran Amery)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Lauren Scott | Female contraception provision in Primary Care practices in England |
| Gemma Sawyer | Developing policy recommendations for school-based interventions to improve menstrual health support: a patient and public involvement and engagement approach |
| Caroline Newton | Making Menstrual Citizens: How Menstruators in Scotland conceptualise themselves through the Period Products (Free Provisions) (Scotland) Act 2021. |
| Ekaterina Stepaniak | Attitudes towards Organisational Menstrual Leave Policies and Menstrual Education: A Multi‑Study Experimental Investigation |
| Hassana Maina | From Policy to Practice: Advancing Menstrual Health and Dignity in Nigeria’s Private Sector- Evidence from the Flow with Dignity Project. |
| Marcy Karin | From Charity to Compliance: Early Litigation and Implementation of Rights to Menstrual and Menopause Accommodations |
Room: 118
15:45-17:00 Session ID: Pr_03 (Theme: Menstrual products access, design, health and sustainability; Format: Oral; Chair: Anne Gatuguta)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Tara Akindele | From Baseline to Systems Change: Integrating WASH, Sustainability and Longitudinal Monitoring in School-Based Menstrual Health Programming in Nigeria |
| Torben Holm Larsen | Gopad. Biotransformation technology applied in menstrual pads |
| Zandile Winile Sakoane | Breaking the Cycle. Evaluating the Impact of the Dignity Campaign on Period Poverty in Rural Lesotho |
| Yixun Li | Beyond Data-Driven Technologies: Material and Fluid Approaches to Interacting with Menstrual Bodies |
| Mandenge Nchang Glenys | Advancing Menstrual Equity in Cameroon and beyond:Expanding Access to Reusable and Disposable Pads and a Stigma-Reducing Digital Platform |
| Suraya Williams | Menstrual Product Testing Rig |
| Lauren D’Mello-Guyett | Reusable Menstrual Underwear: Use and Acceptability by Internally Displaced Women in Somalia |
Room: 135
15:45-17:00 Session ID: LE_01 (Theme: Menstrual literacy and education; Format: Oral; Chair: Lucia Volpi)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Anca Nita | Menarche, a trigger for: menstrual education, care and heteronormative gender norms in the Romanian context |
| Arifa Bente Mohosin | The Development of Menstrual Literacy and Reproductive Health Understanding Among Young Adolescents in Bangladesh: A Longitudinal Qualitative Study |
| Rebecca Anthony | ‘It’s Not Just Part of Being a Woman’: Developing Tools to Transform Family Conversations About Menstrual Health |
| Davinny Sou | Let’s talk cycles: Breaking Menstrual Health Silos Through Inclusive Education and Dialogue |
| Ingvild Ruhaven | From Moss to Mooncups: How Should We Tell Menstrual History in Norwegian Schools? |
| Lisa Tenderini | The Role of Literature and Literary Criticism in Menstrual Literacy and Education |
Room: 143
15:45-17:00 Session ID: Mix_01 (O) (Pol+Pr) (Theme: Menstrual policy; Format: Online oral; Chair: Kamilla Abdullayev)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Chandlee Crawford | Caste and Menstruation: An Inquiry on Inclusive Menstrual Health Policies In India, A Qualitative Study of The Arunthathiyar Community in Salem |
| Anjali Kurup | Working through Menopause: Time-Poverty and Workplaces as ‘Masculine’ |
| Elizabeth Daza Reyes | Menstrual rights in Colombia: Legal consolidation and public policy challenges |
| Alexandra Scranton | Potential Impacts of Menstrual Product Chemical Exposures on Vaginal Health |
| Nicole Stamas | Predictors of menstrual product access: a longitudinal investigation among adolescent girls and young women in Nairobi, Kenya |
| Saheli Lye | Rethinking menstruation: A sociological narrative of the missing link in product disposal and environmental concerns |
Room: 144
15:45-17:00 Session ID: RT_03 (O) (Format: Online Round Table; Chair: Panagiota Pagoni)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Radha Paudel | Menstrual Discrimination: constructs inequality from Kitchen to Parliament |
Room: 155
15:45-17:00 Session ID: MH_Pre_01 (Theme: Menstrual health, mental health and wellbeing; Format: Pre-recorded oral; Chair: Chi Eziefula)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Joyvina Evans, Sidney Lewis, Mya Woods | Breaking the Silence: Addressing Period Poverty at Minority-Serving Colleges |
| Fiona Smith | Menstruating in Nepal: A Systematic Review of the Health Impacts of Restrictive Menstrual Practices and Key Factors for Effective Interventions |
| Jodie Hughes | Understanding Early Menstrual Pain Through Lived Experience: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of 538 Narratives from Portsmouth and Their Translation Into System-Level Action |
| Jackie Kopelman | Release Therapy for women |
| Kay Standing | Narratives of Surgical menopause and rare cancer |
Room: 22
15:45-17:00 Session ID: WS_06 (Format: Workshop)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Alison Cooper, Natalie Brown, Sophie Harrison | Supporting menstrual health with physical activity |
Room: Jubilee LT
15:45-17:00 Session ID: D_03 (Theme: Menstrual dignity, inequality and stigma; Format: Oral; Chair: Sophie Hodgetts)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Minakshi Dahal | “If we raise our voice, society will get angry”: Adolescent Boys’ Understanding and Perceptions of menstruation in Nepal |
| Monika Dzialas | Menstrual Practices at the Intersection of Media-Reproduced Individualisation and Communicative Socialisation |
| Gabrielle Nwaordu | Qualitative study exploring the menstrual experiences of neurodivergent people. |
| Amélie Pasmanns | Lived Experiences of Menstruation Among Transgender and Gender Diverse People: Intersectional Stigma and Calls for Resistance |
| Tessa Peery | Analyzing Menstrual Stigma Through a Feminist Disability Studies Lens: From Self-Surveillance Practices to the Incommunicability of Pain |
| Valeria Giampietri | Negotiating Menstrual Stigma: Visual Activism and the Limits of Visibility |
| Abigail Lennox | From Dialogue to Action: Advancing Menstrual Dignity Through a Participatory Framework for Policy and Practice |
Posters
Room: Online
09:00-19:30 Session ID: Posters (Format: Online Poster)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Vijayarani Mani | Yoga practice and fuctional nutrition in menstrual disorders: A conceptual framework focusing on HPA axis, oxidative stress and gut microbiota |
| Olivia Schneider | Periods Abroad: Menstrual Health Among International Students in Taiwan |
| Wendyrose Smith | The influence of menopause symptoms on workplace mental health among Irish women: A preliminary study |
Stalls
Day 2
Morning Session 1 (09:50-10:45)
Room: Jubilee LT
10:00-10:45 Session ID: KN_2 (Format: Keynote; Chair: Chi Eziefula & Gemma Sharp)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Jane Ussher | Missing Bodies, Missing Knowledge: Diversity and Inclusion in Women’s Health Research |
Morning Session 2 (11:15-12:45)
Room: 115
11:15-12:45 Session ID: MH_05 (Theme: Menstrual health, mental health and wellbeing; Format: Oral; Chair: Meera Tiwari)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Hannah Kelso | Where Mental and Hormonal Health Meet: Improving Women’s Health Care in Psychiatric Inpatients |
| Haya Deeb | Acute Hospital Admissions Across the Menopausal Transition in Women with Depression: A Retrospective Cohort Study in Our Future Health |
| Jessica Mei Kay Yang | Genetics of hormone sensitivity: Childbirth, menstruation and menopause |
| Kamilla Abdullayev | Mapping existing psychosocial interventions for menstrual distress across populations and settings: a systematic scoping review |
| Katie Greenland | Menstrual health of adolescents with Down syndrome in the UK |
| Laura Cowley | From Silos to Systems: Launching EMPOWER – a Collaborative, Patient-Centred Network for Evidence-Based Endometriosis Research |
| Lisa Pye | Exploring identity change in chronic pelvic pain |
Room: 118
11:15-12:45 Session ID: Mo_01 (Theme: Menstrual movement: participation and performance in physical activity, from everyday movement to high performance sports; Format: Oral; Chair: Camilla Mørk Røstvik)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Alison Cooper | Supporting adolescent menstrual health to improve participation and performance in physical activity: rapid realist review to inform logic model for intervention development |
| Cara Thomas | “Don’t be scared.” How community clubs could better support adolescent menstrual health with physical activity: realist inquiry. |
| Cassie Phoenix | Obscured Rhythms, (Un)Anticipated Affects: Using Rhythmanalysis to Understand Movement through Menopause. |
| Lucia Volpi | Exploring Menstrual Cycle Effects of Antecedents on Physical Activity and Diet: A Systematic Scoping Review |
| Kerry McGawley | Menstrual cycle-related symptom management in elite female endurance athletes: a qualitative study of strategies, constraints, and support needs |
| Kate Day | Exploring endometriosis, physical activity and lifestyle impact: A COM-B grounded qualitative study |
Room: 135
11:15-12:45 Session ID: MH_06 (Theme: Menstrual health, mental health and wellbeing; Format: Oral; Chair: Mel Channon)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Puja Das | Burden of Menstrual Disorders and Its Effect on Quality of Life among Young Adult Women in India |
| Rochelle Knight | Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms Across the Menopause Transition : Findings From The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) |
| Rula Ghandour | Menstrual Health at the Intersection of Forced Displacement, Social Norms, and Adolescence: Evidence from Palestinian Refugee Camps |
| Sara Sanchez Lopez | Beyond Blood: Social Impact of Menstrual Stigma in Spain |
| Sitsofe Gbogbo | Beyond the Pain: Understanding Lived Experiences and Mental Health Impacts of Menstrual Pain among Adolescent Girls in the Volta Region |
| Siyu Zhou | Associations Between Cardiometabolic Profile in Pregnancy and Risk of Primary Dysmenorrhea in Offspring: The ABCD Study |
| El Molloy | Mental health and well-being impacts of discontinuation of HRT: preliminary findings from the TAPER Study qualitative work. |
Room: 143
11:15-12:45 Session ID: D_04 (O) (Theme: Menstrual dignity, inequality and stigma; Format: Online oral; Chair: Marcy Karin)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Aubree E. McMahon | Identifying Key Influencers and Relationship Characteristics Contributing to Menstrual Seclusion in Nepal: A Social Network Analysis Study |
| Binda Khatri | Association between Menstrual Restrictions, Menstrual Product, and Fertility among Women in Nepal |
| Debashree Tripathy | When the Researcher Feels: Reflexivity and Menstrual Taboos in Rural India |
| Sara Baumann | Common Threads: An Arts-Based, Trauma-Informed Exploration of the Mental Health Impacts of Chhaupadi (Menstrual Seclusion) in Dailekh, Nepal |
| Faria Binte Arif | Navigating menstruation in the street: A qualitative study among the female adolescents in Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Fódhla Ní Chéileachair | Factors Affecting Healthcare Access for Dysmenorrhea: A Scoping Review |
| Gemma Gray | Examining the multiple ‘spoiled identities’ of autistic, menopausal women at work. |
Room: 144
11:15-12:45 Session ID: D_05 (Theme: Menstrual dignity, inequality and stigma; Format: Oral; Chair: Panagiota Pagoni)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Bushra Mahnoor | Accessible Approaches to Menstrual Health Research with Adolescents with Disabilities |
| Daphnée Dion-Carrier | What if Ambivalence Towards Religion Prevents Learning from Alternative Menstrual Healths? Considering Menstrual Practices of Hindu Women |
| Emma McHugh | Embedding Dignity in Research Practice: Community-Based Participatory Research in Kenya, Malawi, Eswatini, Mexico, and Peru |
| Jessica Edwards | Conjuring the Weird: Understandings of a Reproductive Lifecycle for Premature Menopause |
| Vivi Lin | Menstrual Justice in Action: A Taiwan Case Study of Period Poverty Intervention and Education Implementation |
| Simran Takhi | Black Women’s Experiences of Seeking Support for Menstrual and Gynae Health Issues: Findings from the first Black Women’s Reproductive Health Report |
| Rafaella Potestades | Ginhawa at Gaan: Co-Imagining Collective Care and Dignity in the Menstrual Experiences of Filipinos |
Room: 155
11:15-12:15 Session ID: WS_08 (Format: Workshop)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Annalise Weckesser, Angela Hewett | 11:15-12:15: Defining Our Impact: A Collaborative Workshop on creating a UK Menstrual Health Framework and Evaluation Toolkit |
12:15-12:45 Session ID: WS_11.1 (Format: Workshop)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Anushka Swannell | 12:15-12:45: A Community Conversation: Policy, Practice, and Culture for Workplace Menstrual Health Support (part 1; continues after lunch) |
Room: 22
11:15-12:15 Session ID: WS_07 (Format: Workshop)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Sally King | 11:15-12:15: How to avoid reproducing societal myths in menstrual policy and campaigns work |
12:15-12:45 Session ID: WS_10.1 (Format: Workshop)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Ainhoa Rodriguez Muguruza | 12:15-12:45: Menstrual Knowledges: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Understanding and Valuing Menstruation (part 1; continues after lunch) |
Room: Jubilee LT
11:15-12:45 Session ID: RT_04 (Format: Round Table)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Inga Winkler, Andrea Ford, Paula Blancarte Jaber, Erica Selznick, Janice Lazarus, Samantha Schwickert | 11:15-12:45: Intersectionality Beyond This Buzz |
Afternoon Session 1 (13:45-15:15)
Room: 115
13:45-15:15 Session ID: MH_07 (Theme: Menstrual health, mental health and wellbeing; Format: Oral; Chair: Bee Hughes)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Lisa Zuidema | Perceptions of normality: menstrual experiences and help-seeking behaviour |
| Mateja Perović | A standardized non-linear approach to studying menstrual cycle effects on brain and behavior |
| Md Anwer Hossain | When Parity Does Not Protect: Socio-Demographic Inequalities in Early Menopause across South and Southeast Asia |
| Miflah Hussain | Beyond the Luteal Phase: Mood and Cognitive Changes in Premenstrual Syndrome |
| Miho Iida | Trajectories of Menopausal Symptoms Among Working Women: A Longitudinal Analysis of a Three-Wave Cohort Study |
| Poppy Cooper | Menstrual cycle phase and its association with COVID-19 vaccines side effects and subsequent infection: A study of period tracking app users. |
| Gemma Sharp | Leveraging longitudinal cohorts to understand menstrual health: challenges and opportunities |
Room: 118
13:45-15:15 Session ID: Pol_02 (Theme: Menstrual policy; Format: Oral; Chair: Bettina Bildhauer)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Nikita Paudel | Chhaupadi after Abolition: How Legal, Public Health, and Rights-Based Interventions Shape Menstrual Seclusion and Women’s Autonomy in Far-Western Nepal |
| Veronica Corbellini | The menstrual cycle as a lens to transform the system: data and observations from the Period Desk experience in Milan, Italy |
| Vhairi Sophronia Wilde | It’s About Bloody Time We Talk About This: A Qualitative Exploration of Menstrual Experiences and Interactions with the Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Act 2021 |
Room: 135
13:45-15:15 Session ID: MH_08 (Theme: Menstrual health, mental health and wellbeing; Format: Oral; Chair: Jane Dancey)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Subhashree Meher | Exploring how women with endometriosis and/or adenomyosis navigate family building options in high income countries: a qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis |
| Sampurna Kundu | Prevalence of heavy menstrual bleeding and menstrual pain across the life course: findings from four population-based cohorts |
| Marlies Visser | Psychological challenges and the relationship between menstrual pain severity and daily life interference in young adult women: A cross-sectional analysis of a population-based birth cohort |
| Naomi Alesworth | Lived experience of POI |
| Sanchita Singh | Silent Struggles at Work: Perimenopausal Women’s Lived Experiences in the Indian Workplace |
| Falmata Oumar | Menstrual rights and social justice: how climate change and Boko Haram attacks reinforce the stigmatization and vulnerability of women during their periods in migration and their consequences for their reproductive and mental health in the Far North region of Cameroon |
Room: 143
13:45-15:15 Session ID: D_06 (O) (Theme: Menstrual dignity, inequality and stigma; Format: Online oral; Chair: Maya Unnithan)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Sanghamitra Bhoi | Social seclusion and menstrual hygiene practices among the Kutia Kondh in Kalahandi District, Odisha: A bio-cultural approach |
| Sara E. Baumann | A realist synthesis of menstrual seclusion interventions in Nepal: How programs work, for whom, in which contexts, and why |
| Sara E. Baumann | “Our Voice - Transforming Lives through Chhaupadi (Menstrual Seclusion) Ending”: Integrating Human-Centered Design, Arts-Based Research, and Intervention Mapping to Co-design an Intervention to Reduce Menstrual Harms in Nepal |
| Diana Elena Neaga | Experiences and Perceptions of Menstruation and Menstrual Poverty in Romania |
| Komal Qidwai | Measuring and Reducing Menstrual Self-Stigma: An Evaluation of a Community-Based Menstrual Dignity Intervention in Sindh, Pakistan |
| Nirajan Khadka | Deuda and Menstrual Seclusion: An Arts-Based Inquiry from Dailekh District, Nepal . |
Room: 144
13:45-15:15 Session ID: MH_09 (Theme: Menstrual health, mental health and wellbeing; Format: Oral; Chair: Abigail Lennox)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Sophie Hodgetts | Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) and Relationships: A Mixed-Methods Study of Experiences of People with PMDD and Their Partners |
| Ellie Bailey | Documenting school non-attendance due to Menstruation-related symptoms among adolescents from a School Absenteeism Reporting App in the UK |
| Emily Hoppes | Advancing Measurement of Menstrual Health in the Context of Contraception: A Person Centered Conceptual Model |
| Esmie Lois Kachikuni | Impact of religious and cultural practices on menstrual health management in Southern Africa: A qualitative systematic review |
| Gabriella Goodrich | Employment experiences and problematic menstruation in the UK’s hospitality sector: implications and recommendations for organisations |
| Camilla Mørk Røstvik | Seeing Red: Visualising Menstruation Across Medicine and Art to Reimagine Menstrual Wellbeing |
Room: 155
13:45-14:15 Session ID: WS_11.2 (Format: Workshop)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Anushka Swannell | 13:45-14:15: A Community Conversation: Policy, Practice, and Culture for Workplace Menstrual Health Support (part 1; continues after lunch) |
14:15-15:15 Session ID: WS_14 (Format: Workshop)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Elaine Rose Leela | 14:15-15:15: Changing Cycles, Changing Lives: Mental Health and Wellbeing in Perimenopause |
Room: 22
13:45-14:15 Session ID: WS_10.2 (Format: Workshop)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Ainhoa Rodriguez Muguruza | 13:45-14:15: Menstrual Knowledges: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Understanding and Valuing Menstruation (part 2) |
14:15-15:15 Session ID: WS_13 (Format: Workshop)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Marcia Nißen, Marinja Principe, Davinny Sou, Maximilian Bley | 14:15-15:15: (Digital) Women’s Health Across the Life Course in 2050 – A Future Back Workshop |
Room: Jubilee LT
13:45-15:15 Session ID: RT_05 (Format: Online Round Table)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Ursula Maschette Santos & Mariana Seabra Souza Pereira | 13:45-15:15: From Product Provision to Menstrual Literacy: Integrating Menstrual Health into Sexual and Reproductive Health Consultations in Primary Care through Brazil’s National Menstrual Dignity Programme |
Afternoon Session 2 (15:45-17:00)
Room: 143
15:45-16:30 Session ID: D_08 (O) (Theme: Menstrual dignity, inequality and stigma; Format: Online oral; Chair: Inga Winkler)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Mojisola Alere | Menstruation-Related School Absenteeism among Adolescent Girls in Ibadan, Nigeria: Individual and School-Level Drivers. |
| Saroj Choudhary | The Hidden Costs of Menstruation: Insights from Rural Bihar on the Economic, Social and Physical Burdens of Menstrual Management |
| Arhita Biswas | Pad and Prejudice: An Intersectional Analysis of Period Poverty in Government Schools in Maheshtala, Kolkata |
Room: 144
15:45-16:30 Session ID: Pr_05 (H) (Theme: Menstrual products access, design, health and sustainability; Format: Oral; Chair: Lachlan MacBean)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Suraya Williams | Developing a Multi-Phase Menstrual Fluid Simulant |
| Sajani Limbu | Informed and Empowered: Programmatic Lessons from an Informed Choice Assessment on Menstrual Product Use Among Adolescent Girls in Rural Nepal (Online oral) |
Room: 155
15:45-16:30 Session ID: WS_16 (Theme: Menstrual health, mental health and wellbeing; Format: Workshop)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Marijke Schotanus-Dijkstra | 15:45-16:30: Capturing Complexity: New Directions for Defining and Measuring the Menopausal Transition |
Room: 22
15:45-16:30 Session ID: WS_15 (Theme: Menstrual health, mental health and wellbeing; Format: Workshop)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Kate Day, PCOS Research Network | 15:45-16:30: Women’s health research through an intersectional and interdisciplinary lens: Spotlight on the biopsychosocial model of PCOS |
Room: Jubilee LT
15:45-16:30 Session ID: RT_08 (Theme: Menstrual products access, design, health and sustainability; Format: Round Table)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Jenni A. Shearston, Kristen Upson, Kathrin Schilling | Tampons as a source of chemical exposure: Novel research and its impact on policy |
Posters
Room: Online
09:00-19:30 Session ID: Posters (Format: Online Poster)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Nevita Saha | Developing a Menstrual Hygiene Module for Teachers and Caregivers of Girls with Special Needs in India |
| Pei Qi Tea | Differential Associations Between Sexual Activity Types and Age at Natural Menopause: A SWAN Study Analysis |
| Chandlee Crawford | Caste and Menstruation: An Inquiry on Inclusive Menstrual Health Policies In India, A Qualitative Study of The Arunthathiyar Community in Salem |
Social (17:30-19:30)
Room: Social space
17:30-19:30 Session ID: SMCR Social (Format: Performance or Film)