Document Type
Article
Abstract
This short essay introduces the Bellagio Declaration on the Human Right to Healthy Menstruation, a statement signed by an interdisciplinary group of academics, artists, policymakers, clinicians, and practitioners in 2024. The Declaration frames the human right to healthy menstruation as including (1) non-discrimination on the basis of menstruation; (2) dignity in all matters related to menstruation; (3) access to facilities, resources, and supplies that facilitate the management of menstruation in a manner that is affordable and safe and that fosters a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment; (4) lifelong access to timely and medically accurate information about all aspects of menstruation; (5) lifelong access to informed and affordable menstruation-related health care; and (6) menstruation-related privacy, including privacy protection for menstruation-related data. The Declaration immediately follows.
Recommended Citation
Bridget J. Crawford, On the Human Right to Healthy Menstruation, 25 Geo. J. Gender & L. 1191 (2024), https://digitalcommons.pace.edu/lawfaculty/1278.
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