Menstruation in Nepal: Dignity Without Danger

This book examines the complexities of menstrual beliefs and practices in Nepal. Taking an interdisciplinary and intersectional approach, it explores and promotes the rights of women, girls and people who menstruate, to a dignified and healthy menstruation.

Sara Parker is a Reader in Development Studies and is Principal Investigator on the British Academy Global Challenge Research Fund Sustainable Development Programme funded project entitled; ’Dignity Without Danger’ Collaboratively analysing stigma and taboos to develop innovative strategies to address menstrual exclusion in Nepal.

Kay Standing is Professor in Gender Studies at Liverpool John Moore’s University, UK. She has been involved in research on gender and education in Nepal since 2003 and has published extensively in both academic and media/online publications.

Madhusudan Subedi is a Professor of Sociology and teaches medical, public health and nursing students at Patan Academy of Health Sciences and MA and MPhil students at the Central Department of Sociology, Tribhuvan University, Nepal.