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Menstrual health as a public concern in Ghana: A conceptual review of symbolic and structural ownership
Tomsk State University Journal of Philosophy, Sociology and Political Science. 2026. Vol. 90. P. 204–211.
Helen Selorm Wohoyie, Anikin V. A.
Menstrual health serves as a critical litmus test for state intervention in contexts where women’s bodily experiences are historically shaped by stigma, cultural taboos, and structural violence. Drawing on Joseph Gusfield’s theory of social problems, this review traces the moral passage of menstruation in Ghana (1992–2025) from a privately managed, stigmatized phenomenon to a matter of public responsibility.
Research target:
Sociology (including Demography and Anthropology
Social and Economic Geography (including Urban and Transportation Studies)
Health Studies
Education
Humanities
Language:
English
Keywords: гендерные нормыgender normsgender inequalityгендерное неравенствоGhanaГанаmenstrual healthmoral passagesymbolic ownershipstructural responsibilitymenstrual healthmoral passagesymbolic ownershipstructural responsibilityGhanaменструальное здоровьеморальный переходсимволическое владениеструктурная ответственность
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