Pobreza menstrual no ambiente escolar
reflexões a partir do Circuito de Ciências das Escolas Públicas do Distrito Federal
Keywords:
Pobreza menstrual, Dignidade menstrual, Ambiente escolarAbstract
The general objective of the research implied promoting menstrual dignity through an action that was based on investigating whether and how menstrual poverty was rooted in the school and external community, and thereby promoting pedagogical interventions with the intention of reducing this issue. The school must be a propitious place for this discussion, as well as for the eradication of this problem. Thus, approximately 350 students from the 8th and 9th grades of elementary school participated in the research. In order to carry out the proposal, the following stages were carried out: a) Dialogued Lecture “Human Reproduction; b) Interview with the community; c) Conversation circle about “Menstrual Poverty”; d) Organization in the bathroom with a box with absorbents for donation; e) Artistic Production and f) Participation in the 11th Science Circuit of Public Schools in the Federal District. The results found showed that the proposal provided anchors for the unveiling of the theme, mainly for the construction of interventions based on action-reflection-action, in which artistic productions, with an informative purpose, the organization of space for the donation of sanitary napkins in the bathroom and participation in the 11th Circuit of Sciences of Public Schools in the Federal District contributed to the promotion of menstrual dignity.