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nounthe monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause

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It appears that even in countries considered as 'developed' girls' level of knowledge and understanding of puberty, menstruation and reproductive health are very low.
"This was in recognition of the very real issues which are associated with the cost of menstruation.
"Menstruation or period talk cannot be restricted to women alone, if we want to break stigma around this normal and healthy biological process.
A recent report by youth-led movement Jiactivate found that 62 per cent of Kenyans learn about menstruation in school while only 12 per cent learns from their parents.
In Malawi, 30 per cent of girls had been scared when they first started their monthly period while 48 per cent of girls in Iran, 10 per cent in India and seven per cent in Afghanistan believe menstruation is a disease.
'Menstruation is a normal biological process and should not negatively affect the social wellbeing of girls.
The presence of HMB was defined as menstruation continuing for more than 7 days16 and according to the criteria used by Fraser et al.3 in their study.
Globally, women and girls are not familiar with menstruation and its hygiene management which results in inadequate preparation and understanding for menarche, MHM and symptoms associated with menstruation6.
The questionnaire included questions on concerning their age at menarche, menstrual cycle length and regularity, duration and amount of flow, type and severity of pain related to menstruation, need for analgesics, symptoms suggestive of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and taboos related to menstruation.
[1] Adolescent girls often lack knowledge regarding reproductive health including menstruation which can be due to sociocultural barriers in which they grow up.
[1] The first menstruation also called menarche is an indicator of developmental maturation in women whose arrival marks the transition from being a child to a teenager.
The short film chronicles the lives of the women from a village in India, and the stigma they face related to female menstruation, considered dirty and shameful in the village.
End of Sentence", an India-set film on the taboos around menstruation, won an Oscar in the Documentary Short Subject category at the 91st Academy Awards ceremony.