Game based learning tool seeking peer support for empowering adolescent girls in rural Assam

Jain, Minal; Yammiyavar, Pradeep

doi:10.1145/2771839.2771895

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“…The Menstruation Machine -a wearable metal device that simulates menstruation -provides another example of critical design that provokes thought, raises awareness and makes a political statement about the need to normalize a marginalized experience [10]. Furthermore, other studies have also explored the use of scenario-based games for addressing taboo topics at a community level [47]. Whilst this provides broader opportunities for HCI to challenge a culture of silence and spark initial engagement with abortion rights advocacy, our findings also suggest that designers can do more to translate initial interest into more long-term, meaningful engagement.…”

Section: Challenging Stigma Through Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

From Her Story, to Our Story

Michie

Balaam

McCarthy

et al. 2018

Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Despite the divisive nature of abortion within the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, where access to safe, legal abortion is severely restricted, effecting legislative reform demands widespread public support. In light of a building pro-choice counter-voice, this work contributes to a growing body of HCI research that takes an activist approach to design. We report findings from four design workshops with 31 pro-choice stakeholders across Ireland in which we positioned an exploratory protosite, HerStoryTold, to engender critical conversations around the use of sensitive abortion narratives as a tool for engagement. Our analysis shows how digital storytelling can help reject false narratives and raise awareness of the realities of abortion laws. It suggests design directions to curate narratives that provoke empathy, foster polyvocality, and ultimately expand the engaged community. Furthermore, this research calls for designers to actively support community mobilization through providing 'stepping stones' to activism.

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Section: Challenging Stigma Through Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

From Her Story, to Our Story

Michie

Balaam

McCarthy

et al. 2018

Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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“…One design in the space is Labella, underwear with a visual marker and an app designed to help women explore their vaginal and pelvic region with a goal of breaking social taboos and promoting exploration and self-understanding [ 2 ]. Another is Help Pinky, a digital game aimed to bridge knowledge about menstruation and puberty in a rural Indian community with limited support and knowledge [ 18 ]. Work by Stawarz et al is most closely related to menstrual cycle tracking [ 38 ].…”

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Examining Menstrual Tracking to Inform the Design of Personal Informatics Tools

Epstein

Lee

Kang

et al. 2017

Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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We consider why and how women track their menstrual cycles, examining their experiences to uncover design opportunities and extend the field's understanding of personal informatics tools. To understand menstrual cycle tracking practices, we collected and analyzed data from three sources: 2,000 reviews of popular menstrual tracking apps, a survey of 687 people, and follow-up interviews with 12 survey respondents. We find that women track their menstrual cycle for varied reasons that include remembering and predicting their period as well as informing conversations with healthcare providers. Participants described six methods of tracking their menstrual cycles, including use of technology, awareness of their premenstrual physiological states, and simply remembering. Although women find apps and calendars helpful, these methods are ineffective when predictions of future menstrual cycles are inaccurate. Designs can create feelings of exclusion for gender and sexual minorities. Existing apps also generally fail to consider life stages that women experience, including young adulthood, pregnancy, and menopause. Our findings encourage expanding the field's conceptions of personal informatics.

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“…Increased perception of socio-cultural constraints is significantly associated with increased risk of missing school and leaving early--two serious impediments to young women's educations. Socio-cultural interventions should target the broader community, including male students, families, and educators, to be most effective [7,23,32,39,65]. Previous research has explored using drama skits [23] and games [65] to combat social stigmas associated with puberty and menstruation within communities.…”

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Biological, material and socio-cultural constraints to effective menstrual hygiene management among secondary school students in Tanzania

Stoilova

Cai

Aguilar-Gomez

et al. 2022

PLOS Glob Public Health

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Menstrual hygiene management is an important determinant for girls’ educational outcomes. We develop a method of cross-sectional analysis that quantifies the relative importance of four distinct mechanisms: material, biological, social and informational constraints and consider four main schooling outcomes: absenteeism, early departure, concentration and participation. We use survey data from 524 female students enrolled in four co-educational secondary schools in Northern Tanzania. Average age at first period is 14.2 years (standard deviation = 1.1, range 9-19). Information is the least binding constraint: 90-95% of girls report they received information about menstruation and how to manage it. In contrast, biological constraints are hindering: (i) the distribution of menstrual cramps and pain is bifurcated: most girls report very light or very strong pain (rather than moderate) with considerable educational impacts for girls in the latter group, (ii) irregular cycles (62%) and difficulty predicting the cycle (60%) lead to stress and uncertainty. Socio-cultural constraints are binding as 84% would feel shame if male peers knew their menstrual status, and 58% fear being teased over periods. Material constraints include prohibitive costs: girls spending between 12-70% of the daily national poverty line (6,247 TSH per day) on pads during their period. However, we discern no statistically significant relationship between access to pads and absenteeism. In contrast, biological and socio-cultural constraints as well as lack of sanitary infrastructure have significant effects on absenteeism. The results have several implications. First, sanitary pad interventions should consider participation and concentration as main outcomes, in addition to absenteeism. Second, biological (menstrual cramps and pain) and socio-cultural (fear, stigma) constraints are drivers of menstruation-related absenteeism and participation in the classroom and need to be evaluated in trials. We suggest exploring analgesic use, alternative pain-management techniques, menstrual cycle tracking technologies, and social programming in future trials.

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Game based learning tool seeking peer support for empowering adolescent girls in rural Assam

Cited by 29 publications

References 10 publications

From Her Story, to Our Story

From Her Story, to Our Story

Examining Menstrual Tracking to Inform the Design of Personal Informatics Tools

Biological, material and socio-cultural constraints to effective menstrual hygiene management among secondary school students in Tanzania

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