Effects of Dysmenorrhea (Painful Periods) on Society

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Effects of dysmenorrhea (painful periods) on
society
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Effects of dysmenorrhea (painful periods) on
society

• Dysmenorrhea affects a girls social and cultural
  life, impacts her emotional well being, lifestyle
  and most importantly health.

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Effects of dysmenorrhea (painful periods) on
society

• Dysmenorrhea makes 68 girls miss school every
  month

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Effects of dysmenorrhea (painful periods) on
society

• 60 girls report inability to participate in
  sports due to dysmenorrhea

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Effects of dysmenorrhea (painful periods) on
society

• 77 girls report inability to carry out household
  work due to dysmenorrhea

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Effects of dysmenorrhea (painful periods) on
society

• As many as 50 girls may be absent at their
  workplace due to dysmenorrhea

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Effects of dysmenorrhea (painful periods) on
society

• Dysmenorrhea is not just a girls problem. It has
  a economic and social impact on the nation.

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Effects of dysmenorrhea (painful periods) on
society

• Social impact of dysmenorrhea
• When an adolescent girls education is
  compromised due to dysmenorrhea (painful
  periods), it impacts the society and the whole
  nation. When a girl receives education, she
  marries later, has fewer, healthier children and
  is less likely to experience sexual violence. A
  womans future earnings grow with every extra
  year of primary education.

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Effects of dysmenorrhea (painful periods) on
society

• Economic impact of dysmenorrhea
• With every 1 increase in the proportion of women
  with secondary education, a countrys annual per
  capita income grows by 0.3.Closing the
  unemployment gap between adolescent girls and
  boys would result in up to 1.2 increase in GDP
  in a year.

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Dysmenorrhea (painful periods) is unacceptable

• Spreading awareness about dysmenorrhea (painful
  periods) - related symptoms will help girls and
  young women.

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