Human Rights Shine a Light on Unmet Menstrual Health Needs and Menstruation at the Margins

Affiliations

¹ Inga Winkler is a lecturer in human rights at the Institute for the Study of Human Rights and Director of the Working Group on Menstrual Health & Gender Justice in the Center for the Study of Social Difference at Columbia University, New York, New York; email: inga.winkler@columbia.edu.

Editorial

Inga T Winkler. Obstet Gynecol. 2019 Feb.

. 2019 Feb;133(2):235-237.

doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000003098.

¹ Inga Winkler is a lecturer in human rights at the Institute for the Study of Human Rights and Director of the Working Group on Menstrual Health & Gender Justice in the Center for the Study of Social Difference at Columbia University, New York, New York; email: inga.winkler@columbia.edu.

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Comment on

Unmet Menstrual Hygiene Needs Among Low-Income Women.
Sebert Kuhlmann A, Peters Bergquist E, Danjoint D, Wall LL. Sebert Kuhlmann A, et al. Obstet Gynecol. 2019 Feb;133(2):238-244. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000003060. Obstet Gynecol. 2019. PMID: 30633137

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