“My body is the evidence, assess my health”: Women’s disposable sanitary pads social health movement in Korea

Abstract

Researcher focused on the sanitary pads health movement in Korea from the feminist health perspective. The methodology was based on web content/statement analysis. Statements were collected and analyzed from government, women NGOs, online petitions, news articles, and reports gathered for three years from March 2017 to September 2020. The disposable sanitary pads health movement was triggered by the Korean Women’s Environmental Network KWEN unveiled that it detected carcinogenic substances in its harmful substance detection tests with Professor Kim in March 2017. Women who were silenced for a long time could finally argue for their health rights in the Korean society.

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