It’s a girl thing: menstruation, school attendance, spatial mobility and wider gender inequalities in Kenya

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It’s a girl thing: menstruation, school attendance, spatial mobility and wider gender inequalities in Kenya

Recent attention has been drawn to possible linkages between poor sanitation in sub-Saharan African schools and low attendance rates amongst post-pubescent girls. In particular, questions have been raised about the influence of menstruation and access to sanitary products on schoolgirl absenteeism b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Jewitt, Sarah, Ryley, Harriet
Format:	Article
Published:	Elsevier 2014
Subjects:	Kisumu Kenya education menstruation puberty sanitary towels feminist political ecology
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/27757/

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