Menstrual health is increasingly recognised as playing a crucial role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Despite this, menstruation remains widely regarded as a taboo subject, having a knock-on impact on the education, health and wellbeing of women, girls and other people who menstruate.
The widow and six-year-old daughter of researcher Dr Jeroen Ensink are travelling across Africa for a year on the next step of their journey to honour his memory.
Jeroen, who worked at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) as a senior lecturer in public health engineering, was passionate about improving access to water and sanitation around the world, including in low- and middle-income countries where children continue to die due to the lack of essential services.
In this panel, speakers will present their research on gender-based violence (GBV) within marginalised populations and highlight areas for further research in the field of GBV. They will discuss the challenges and opportunities of working with marginalised populations and explore areas where evidence is limited.