Film screening and Q&A: Menstrual realities in Rural Tanzania – December 14

LUCSUS Lund University and SSAG in cooperation.

Welcome to the film screening of Breaking the Silence. A film by researcher Sara Gabrielsson and Ann Åkerman about Sustainable Menstrual Health Management in Tanzania with a Q&A session with special guest Marjorie Sable, Professor Emeritus in public health at University of Missouri, USA.

The event will include mingle with drinks and snacks.

Marjorie Sable, Professor Emeritus in public health at University of Misssouri, USA is visiting Sweden in conjunction with her husband Professor George P. Smith receiving the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Marjorie Sable is involved with public health work in Rwanda and Tanzania with the NGO Humanity for Children and is interested in research on Menstrual Health Management at LUCSUS.

Sara Gabrielsson is a researcher in Sustainability Science with focus on water and sanitation in Africa, https://www.lucsus.lu.se/sara-gabrielsson

The event is organized by LUCSUS, Lund University and Sara Gabrielssons research is partly generously funded by the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography (SSAG).

Time: 14 December, 15.00 – 16.30
Place: Wrangel, Room 117, Biskopsgatan 5, Lund
Contact persons: Cecilia von Arnold, cecilia.von_arnold@rektor.lu.se and the SSAG Secretary Jonas Åkerman, jonas.akerman@nateko.lu.se.

Everybody interested in sustainability and health is welcome. No registration needed.