Open AccessUrgency of Menstrual Hygiene Management at School within Child Rights Framework: Case Studies in 6 Schools
Author(s) -
Silvia Anastasia Landa,
Novika Noerdiyanti
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
jurnal perempuan/jurnal perempuan
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2541-2191
pISSN - 1410-153X
DOI - 10.34309/jp.v25i2.435
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , hygiene , stigma (botany) , psychology , environmental health , medicine , psychiatry , pathology , artificial intelligence , computer science
Researches related to Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) show that challenges faced by girls related to MHM in schools, such as lack of MHM facilities and information including negative stigma, potentially decrease the fulfillment of girls’ rights to proper education. However, there is no study in Indonesia to explore the implementation of the Menstrual Hygiene Management (MKM) program in schools from the perspective of children’s rights. Therefore, this study examined the implementation of the MHM from the children’s rights perspective and explored the importance of affirmative action towards MHM for girls. This research was conducted qualitatively in March 2018, in the West Jakarta Municipality (DKI Jakarta), Nagekeo District (NTT), and North Lombok District (NTB), one elementary school and one middle school in each regency/city, there were a total of six schools.