Menstruation Research Conference 2026 Programme: Online Sessions
Welcome to the Menstruation Research Conference 2026 programme for online attendees.
You can use the expandable contents on the left to browse specific sessions.
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For further information about the talks, please see the Abstract Book. Some of the posters are available here.
Online Timetable
Day 1: Tuesday 7th July 2026
Day 1 Zoom links:
Day 2: Wednesday 8th July 2026
Day 2 Zoom links:
Full Online Programme Day 1
Room: Jubilee LT (click for Zoom link)
Session: Morning Session 1 (09:30-10:45)
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? |
Session: Morning Session 2 (11:15-12:45)
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 |
Session: Afternoon Session 1 (13:45-15:15)
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 |
Session: Afternoon Session 2 (15:45-17:00)
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 |
Room: 143 (click for Zoom link)
Session: Morning Session 2 (11:15-12:45)
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 |
| Puja Das | Burden of Menstrual Disorder and Associating Risk Factors Among Young Adult Women in West Bengal |
Session: Afternoon Session 1 (13:45-15:15)
13:45-15:15 Session ID: MH_04 (O) (Theme: Menstrual health, mental health and wellbeing; Format: Online oral; Chair: Lachlan MacBean)
| 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 |
Session: Afternoon Session 2 (15:45-17:00)
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 |
| Swayamsiddha Mohanta | Understanding Socioeconomic Inequality in Menstrual Hygiene Practices: A Comparative Study of Six Low- and Middle-Income Countries |
Room: 144 (click for Zoom link)
Session: Morning Session 2 (11:15-12:45)
11:15-12:45 Session ID: LE_03 (H) (Theme: Menstrual literacy and education; Format: Oral; Chair: Gemma Sharp)
| 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 (Online oral) |
| 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 bodyfulness: Reimagining cycle literacy through somatic dance practice |
| 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) |
| Tara Akindele | From Baseline to Systems Change: Integrating WASH, Sustainability and Longitudinal Monitoring in School-Based Menstrual Health Programming in Nigeria (Hybrid Oral) |
Session: Afternoon Session 1 (13:45-15:15)
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 |
Session: Afternoon Session 2 (15:45-17:00)
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 (click for Zoom link)
Session: Morning Session 2 (11:15-12:45)
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 |
Session: Afternoon Session 1 (13:45-15:15)
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 |
Session: Afternoon Session 2 (15:45-17:00)
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 |
| Zandile Winile Sakoane | Breaking the Cycle. Evaluating the Impact of the Dignity Campaign on Period Poverty in Rural Lesotho |
| Chella Quint | Time Periods and Menstrual Time Travel: Sculpting the menstrual life course – community arts research for menstrual wellbeing, mental wellbeing and agency |
Full Online Programme Day 2
Room: Jubilee LT (click for Zoom link)
Session: Morning Session 1 (09:50-10:45)
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 |
Session: Morning Session 2 (11:15-12:45)
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 |
Session: Afternoon Session 1 (13:45-15:15)
13:45-15:15 Session ID: RT_05 (Format: Online Round Table; Chair: Alice Brooks)
| 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 |
Session: Afternoon Session 2 (15:45-17:00)
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 |
Room: 118 (click for Zoom link)
Session: Morning Session 2 (11:15-12:45)
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 |
Session: Afternoon Session 1 (13:45-15:15)
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: 143 (click for Zoom link)
Session: Morning Session 2 (11:15-12:45)
11:15-12:45 Session ID: D_04 (O) (Theme: Menstrual dignity, inequality and stigma; Format: Online oral; Chair: Marcy Karin)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Fódhla Ní Chéileachair | Factors Affecting Healthcare Access for Dysmenorrhea: A Scoping Review |
| 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 |
| Gemma Gray | Examining the multiple ‘spoiled identities’ of autistic, menopausal women at work. |
Session: Afternoon Session 1 (13:45-15:15)
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 . |
Session: Afternoon Session 2 (15:45-17:00)
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 |
Room: 144 (click for Zoom link)
Session: Morning Session 2 (11:15-12:45)
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 |
Session: Afternoon Session 1 (13:45-15:15)
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 |
| 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 |
Session: Afternoon Session 2 (15:45-17:00)
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) |
| Mandenge Nchang Glenys | Advancing Menstrual Equity in Cameroon and beyond: Expanding Access to Reusable and Disposable Pads and a Stigma-Reducing Digital Platform |