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Ideologies of sexuality, menstruation and risk: girls’ experiences of puberty and schooling in northern Tanzania
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This paper examines girls' voiced experiences of menstruation, puberty and schooling in northern Tanzania. The study was conducted in Moshi and Rombo Districts of Kilimanjaro, a predominantly Chagga region with historically strong support for girls' education. The major question explored was how the onset of menses and puberty may be impacting on girls' school participation, given societal implications of pubertal onset and potentially gender discriminatory school environments. The methodology included a comparative case study using in-depth interviews and participatory research with young women living in urban and rural Kilimanjaro. Along with important findings about how menstrual onset creates challenges for girls attending school emerged findings about the significant gaps in girls' knowledge about body changes, sexual health and HIV/AIDS. These findings underline the importance of identifying new girl-centred approaches to guidance on bodily development and HIV prevention.
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“Girls expressed a strong desire for more practical information, including managing menses or pain relief”
From Women’s and girls’ experiences of menstruation in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and qualitative metasynthesis (2019) · cites this paper as [3]
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“Several studies noted distress resulting from conflicting advice from different sources (e.g., parents, teachers, nongovernmental organisations [NGOs])”
From Women’s and girls’ experiences of menstruation in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and qualitative metasynthesis (2019) · cites this paper as [3]
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“Healthcare providers such as nurses or community health workers were mentioned in only a few studies, and always as unsupportive”
From Women’s and girls’ experiences of menstruation in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and qualitative metasynthesis (2019) · cites this paper as [3]
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“Many studies that focused on girls of school age reported consequences for education [3–5, 8–11, 15, 37, 39, 41, 44, 51, 56–59, 62–64, 67–70, 72, 75, 77, 79, 85, 87–89, 91, 93, 94, 100, 101, 104, 106, 107].”
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“Girls lacking knowledge and confidence to manage menstruation were reluctant to be around others [3–5, 8, 39, 70, 75, 77, 89].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Sommer, M.
- Affiliations
- Columbia University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Sommer, Marni
- ORCID
- Sommer, Marni
- Venue
- Culture, Health & Sexuality
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2009-05
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 383-398
- ISSN
- 1369-1058 (ISSN-L)
- 1464-5351
- OpenAlex
- W2032093705
- Cited by
- 128
- References
- 61
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 15 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 14 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 6.62
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Culture Health & Sexuality (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Menstrual Health and Disorders
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Sexuality, and Education
- Keywords
- menstruation, puberty, girls' schooling, school attendance, sexual health knowledge, HIV prevention, gender discrimination in schools, body image, Chagga, northern Tanzania, adolescent girls
- MeSH terms
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Adolescent, Attitude to Health, Catchment Area, Health, Education, Fear, Female, Humans, Menstruation, Politics, Prejudice, Puberty, Risk-Taking, Sexual Behavior, Shame, Tanzania, HIV Infections, Young Adult
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