[Music]
[Applause]
I hope you forgive me I’m gonna make you
uncomfortable I’m here to talk about
periods
menstruation you know
yeah climatic Hamid Allah very simply
after living in enough for over two
years the thing I most want to talk
about is menstruation and the story I
just wanna tell is that of a
twelve-year-old girl than me
I met her left her to interview her we
were sitting in her house in tan named
to succeed Yangon and the rain was
bouncing loudly on the tin roof making
it difficult to hear her speech which
was actually convenient because Nina had
something very very shameful to tell me
she had started menstruating as soon as
we started talking she burst into tears
because she was afraid I would tell
about her story becoming a woman had
started a few months back in fear and in
tears as she had found herself bleeding
from hahaha her vagina and thought she
was dying no one had told her to expect
menstruation she worked with a mother
who confronted her briefly before giving
her set of instructions well number one
she said when you’re menstruating you
shouldn’t wash your hair with number two
you shouldn’t run around or play outside
but number three menstruating makes you
dirty so you must earn worship the
Buddha number four you shouldn’t come
close to anyone even your brothers from
these days we’re number five you must
hide
fact that immense rating Nene got no
other information
she’s now not just confused by the real
bidding
she’s also scared that she’s gonna get
one of the rules one and every month she
tries to miss school on her period
because she’s terrified that people
would say they have her back that she’s
dirty smelly disgusting
Nene told me that she doesn’t feel free
anymore she told me she wishes the day
she became a woman had never come she
told me she wishes she was a boy for
five million adolescent girls nan Malik
Nene
menstruation is a defining experience as
they grow up to becoming women
unfortunately the vast majority of girls
are not well equipped to face it firstly
because of the taboo that leads them to
be missing what kept in the dark only a
minority of girls learn about
menstruation at school most teachers
skip the subject because it’s
embarrassing and girls won’t ask
questions because they’re told that it’s
shameful to show interest in the
reproductive health
so most girls like Nene will learn about
menstruation from their mothers with
themselves most of the time our missing
foot and the result is in a study on
geography Rahul my way half of seven
hundred girls said they believe that
menstruation was a distance ninety
percent of them said they believe that
menstrual blood contained dangerous
substances I’ve heard from a lot of
girls that is bad blood rotten blood
that it needs to come out of your body
because it’s full of dirty toxic things
that it makes them impure imagine what
this village does to girls self-esteem
and then it is misinformation directly
impacts Joe’s health in the same study
only half of girls believe that bathing
during menstruation was healthy
70 percent of them were wearing their
pads for more than eight hours on
average but to whom and as a result a
quarter of these girls were showing
signs of urinary tract infections and
these are not just things they can also
lead to they’re in serious health issues
then mostly on our women believe the
administration is when they’re most
fertile which is the opposite of the
truth and a lot of younger girls believe
they can get pregnant by simply sitting
next to a boy and women mothers have
read it to me that in secret that they
say this to their girls to keep them
away from words and avoid any
pregnancies just imagine the anxiety
that this light creates for girls and
the impact it has on their social lives
so mostly on our girls and women because
of the taboo
don’t know the facts of menstruation but
they know the roots don’t drink or drink
on it till it’s an odd cane juice bar
Viserys with bitter food on other sites
on a steamer to wash your hair if you
get any of it wrong you could die there
is no scientific evidence behind these
restrictions but in the absence of other
knowledge that’s what girls
focus on and actually stress out about
even odds the nemah girls and women are
harmed by the social norms after her
menstruation tradition in Yana says that
it is something to feel ashamed about
and it’s working nearly 80% of this war
McGregor’s said they felt ashamed at
their first period and tradition here
also logically says that women hide any
evidence of their menstruation and
failing to do that is widely accepted
when in our society as a valid reason to
be mocked and shamed
seriously well this leads to great
stress for girls they’re constantly
worried abstaining licking smelling
they’re constantly checking their backs
it dominates their decision-making some
girls will better impact their pads at
night to avoid being seen are those
which is the same pad for the whole day
at school just so that nobody sees them
carrying once the better and it
distracts them from important things
girls will not stand in class to answer
a question by still the same and some of
them that Nene will simply want to skip
school on these days
because the fear of being found out is
too strong and where does this shame
come from but it comes from this
universal belief and not just in Emma in
many societies around the world and my
own country France is also guilty the
universal belief that menstruation is
Dutch and in young ma this also means
that the one female body is that which
then apparently makes women inferior to
men by nature just saying this makes me
cringe but also makes me wonder why what
is this thing we’re putting shame
freedom Dutch so here is a woman’s
uterus get ready every month to host a
baby by sickening it’s was with blood
and tissues when there is no pregnancy
this lining breaks down and flows out to
the vagina so menstrual blood is the
matter that made up the walls of our
mother’s womb menstrual blood was our
first home and menstruation is evidence
of a woman’s ability to host and protect
a bitch isn’t that noble isn’t that the
opposite of shameful and ensure so
saying that
raishin mixes inferior is not just
unfair
it simply doesn’t make any sense yet
it’s highly destructive half of their
mass population 25 million women are
feeling worried sorry yet it’s highly
destructive half of Nan mass population
25 million women are feeling worried
insecure they are distracted restrictive
discriminated every month for 35 years
there has decreased their self esteem
and confidence are permanently damaged
and as if half of the population is
suffering from these issues hands back
in their ability to realize their
potential then it’s the whole country
that ends up losing so many striation is
not a woman’s issue it’s everybody’s
issue
sorry so I hope by this point you
understand and agree that we need to do
something about it and the good news is
we can in fact around the world things
are happening every day to fight
dismantle stigma in Uganda a charity is
teaching boys how to make that in India
a Buddhahood Patman became the
blockbuster analyzer it only talks about
tears and it’s great and then the UK a
member of parliament recently published
said that she was on her period
how are you fishing so these are very
positive tyrants globally an animal
needs to follow suit we need to educate
girls so they know how to be healthy we
need to educate boys about menstruation
so they start supporting us instead of
mocking them we need to build girls
self-esteem and boys confidence and boys
respect
two girls by clearing any doubt that men
and women are of equal value some what
is already happening the government is
working on improving the product
identification several NGOs are
providing women with information and
support
I’m also something in social enterprise
food pengelley to equip those mmm safe
pads education and positive values
around menstruation and then there is
something that all of us here can do
something simple but essential we can
all stop beating around the bush no pun
intended and normalize menstruation by
talking about it to a friend a parent of
son are you Titian of taxi driver let’s
just say the n-word menstruation yeah
traumatic that way we can help break the
destructive cycle of stigma and taboo we
owe this to our girls so they can work
to become healthy confident women we owe
this to me and ma well half of the
population and contribute more to
society let’s realize this vision by
making menstruation normal actually it’s
not just no more it’s Noble and
wonderful it helps create life and that
to me is worth celebrating and praising women for
[Applause]
I hope you forgive me I’m gonna make you
uncomfortable I’m here to talk about
periods
menstruation you know
yeah climatic Hamid Allah very simply
after living in enough for over two
years the thing I most want to talk
about is menstruation and the story I
just wanna tell is that of a
twelve-year-old girl than me
I met her left her to interview her we
were sitting in her house in tan named
to succeed Yangon and the rain was
bouncing loudly on the tin roof making
it difficult to hear her speech which
was actually convenient because Nina had
something very very shameful to tell me
she had started menstruating as soon as
we started talking she burst into tears
because she was afraid I would tell
about her story becoming a woman had
started a few months back in fear and in
tears as she had found herself bleeding
from hahaha her vagina and thought she
was dying no one had told her to expect
menstruation she worked with a mother
who confronted her briefly before giving
her set of instructions well number one
she said when you’re menstruating you
shouldn’t wash your hair with number two
you shouldn’t run around or play outside
but number three menstruating makes you
dirty so you must earn worship the
Buddha number four you shouldn’t come
close to anyone even your brothers from
these days we’re number five you must
hide
fact that immense rating Nene got no
other information
she’s now not just confused by the real
bidding
she’s also scared that she’s gonna get
one of the rules one and every month she
tries to miss school on her period
because she’s terrified that people
would say they have her back that she’s
dirty smelly disgusting
Nene told me that she doesn’t feel free
anymore she told me she wishes the day
she became a woman had never come she
told me she wishes she was a boy for
five million adolescent girls nan Malik
Nene
menstruation is a defining experience as
they grow up to becoming women
unfortunately the vast majority of girls
are not well equipped to face it firstly
because of the taboo that leads them to
be missing what kept in the dark only a
minority of girls learn about
menstruation at school most teachers
skip the subject because it’s
embarrassing and girls won’t ask
questions because they’re told that it’s
shameful to show interest in the
reproductive health
so most girls like Nene will learn about
menstruation from their mothers with
themselves most of the time our missing
foot and the result is in a study on
geography Rahul my way half of seven
hundred girls said they believe that
menstruation was a distance ninety
percent of them said they believe that
menstrual blood contained dangerous
substances I’ve heard from a lot of
girls that is bad blood rotten blood
that it needs to come out of your body
because it’s full of dirty toxic things
that it makes them impure imagine what
this village does to girls self-esteem
and then it is misinformation directly
impacts Joe’s health in the same study
only half of girls believe that bathing
during menstruation was healthy
70 percent of them were wearing their
pads for more than eight hours on
average but to whom and as a result a
quarter of these girls were showing
signs of urinary tract infections and
these are not just things they can also
lead to they’re in serious health issues
then mostly on our women believe the
administration is when they’re most
fertile which is the opposite of the
truth and a lot of younger girls believe
they can get pregnant by simply sitting
next to a boy and women mothers have
read it to me that in secret that they
say this to their girls to keep them
away from words and avoid any
pregnancies just imagine the anxiety
that this light creates for girls and
the impact it has on their social lives
so mostly on our girls and women because
of the taboo
don’t know the facts of menstruation but
they know the roots don’t drink or drink
on it till it’s an odd cane juice bar
Viserys with bitter food on other sites
on a steamer to wash your hair if you
get any of it wrong you could die there
is no scientific evidence behind these
restrictions but in the absence of other
knowledge that’s what girls
focus on and actually stress out about
even odds the nemah girls and women are
harmed by the social norms after her
menstruation tradition in Yana says that
it is something to feel ashamed about
and it’s working nearly 80% of this war
McGregor’s said they felt ashamed at
their first period and tradition here
also logically says that women hide any
evidence of their menstruation and
failing to do that is widely accepted
when in our society as a valid reason to
be mocked and shamed
seriously well this leads to great
stress for girls they’re constantly
worried abstaining licking smelling
they’re constantly checking their backs
it dominates their decision-making some
girls will better impact their pads at
night to avoid being seen are those
which is the same pad for the whole day
at school just so that nobody sees them
carrying once the better and it
distracts them from important things
girls will not stand in class to answer
a question by still the same and some of
them that Nene will simply want to skip
school on these days
because the fear of being found out is
too strong and where does this shame
come from but it comes from this
universal belief and not just in Emma in
many societies around the world and my
own country France is also guilty the
universal belief that menstruation is
Dutch and in young ma this also means
that the one female body is that which
then apparently makes women inferior to
men by nature just saying this makes me
cringe but also makes me wonder why what
is this thing we’re putting shame
freedom Dutch so here is a woman’s
uterus get ready every month to host a
baby by sickening it’s was with blood
and tissues when there is no pregnancy
this lining breaks down and flows out to
the vagina so menstrual blood is the
matter that made up the walls of our
mother’s womb menstrual blood was our
first home and menstruation is evidence
of a woman’s ability to host and protect
a bitch isn’t that noble isn’t that the
opposite of shameful and ensure so
saying that
raishin mixes inferior is not just
unfair
it simply doesn’t make any sense yet
it’s highly destructive half of their
mass population 25 million women are
feeling worried sorry yet it’s highly
destructive half of Nan mass population
25 million women are feeling worried
insecure they are distracted restrictive
discriminated every month for 35 years
there has decreased their self esteem
and confidence are permanently damaged
and as if half of the population is
suffering from these issues hands back
in their ability to realize their
potential then it’s the whole country
that ends up losing so many striation is
not a woman’s issue it’s everybody’s
issue
sorry so I hope by this point you
understand and agree that we need to do
something about it and the good news is
we can in fact around the world things
are happening every day to fight
dismantle stigma in Uganda a charity is
teaching boys how to make that in India
a Buddhahood Patman became the
blockbuster analyzer it only talks about
tears and it’s great and then the UK a
member of parliament recently published
said that she was on her period
how are you fishing so these are very
positive tyrants globally an animal
needs to follow suit we need to educate
girls so they know how to be healthy we
need to educate boys about menstruation
so they start supporting us instead of
mocking them we need to build girls
self-esteem and boys confidence and boys
respect
two girls by clearing any doubt that men
and women are of equal value some what
is already happening the government is
working on improving the product
identification several NGOs are
providing women with information and
support
I’m also something in social enterprise
food pengelley to equip those mmm safe
pads education and positive values
around menstruation and then there is
something that all of us here can do
something simple but essential we can
all stop beating around the bush no pun
intended and normalize menstruation by
talking about it to a friend a parent of
son are you Titian of taxi driver let’s
just say the n-word menstruation yeah
traumatic that way we can help break the
destructive cycle of stigma and taboo we
owe this to our girls so they can work
to become healthy confident women we owe
this to me and ma well half of the
population and contribute more to
society let’s realize this vision by
making menstruation normal actually it’s
not just no more it’s Noble and
wonderful it helps create life and that
to me is worth celebrating and praising women for
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