Cartografias Menstruais: pensar a menstruação como um diálogo de saberes e manifestações de modos de viver na escola no município de São Sepé/RS

Abstract

Menstrual precariousness in Brazil is not only a social indictment that deals with the condition of access to dignity, rights, health, education and work, but also reveals a societal cartography that prioritizes the accumulation of wealth based on social inequality and the exploitation of female workers. Recent studies have documented the impact of menstrual precariousness on girls' education, with data showing the prevalence of school absenteeism during menstruation. Based on this, the general objective of the research was to analyze whether the "Entre Nós" sanitary napkin supply program in São Sepé/RS contributed to students staying in class during their menstrual period. As a methodology, we opted for cartography, which engenders dialogic processes, involving different agents in the negotiation of meanings and actions that grasp the complexity of everyday life, developing the possibility that cartography contributes to the creation of unique intervention devices, enhancing an ethics of encounters. In order to present the data, this dissertation is structured into three chapters: 1) menstruation is political: the human right to menstrual health; 2) gender, race and class: a decolonial feminist view of menstruation and 3) education and public policies. It is understood that investment in public policies through social programs such as the provision of sanitary napkins in the "Entre Nós" schools in São Sepé, contributes to menstruating students staying in class, guaranteeing their human right to education. Given the gaps that still permeate this recent discussion, it is recommended that more research be carried out on social policies and initiatives to tackle menstrual precariousness in Brazilian schools.