When periods become a weapon of war

💔 When periods become a weapon of war. A powerful new piece in "The Conversation" highlights a deeply troubling reality: menstruation is being systematically weaponized in modern conflicts.

In places like Myanmar, military forces have expanded bans on transporting menstrual hygiene products across key routes. By cutting off access to basic sanitary pads, clean water, and privacy, regimes are deliberately targeting the health, dignity, and mobility of women and girls as a calculated tactic of war.

This isn't an isolated issue—similar patterns of restricting essential hygiene and reproductive health supplies as a form of control and punishment have been observed across various global conflicts, including Gaza.

We cannot talk about human rights or international law without addressing how the basic biology of women is targeted. It's time for the international community to recognize the denial of menstrual health products as a distinct form of gender-based violence in war zones.

👉 Read the full analysis here: https://theconversation.com/how-menstruation-is-being-weaponised-in-war-281894

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