Mel Channon
@dr-mel-channon.bsky.social
Demographer researching SRHR and menstrual justice currently in 🇳🇵. Reader in Social Policy at Uni of Bath. VP British Society for Population Studies. Terrible at social media.
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Population panics are not new. Before, we had too many births; now we have too few. But the identified source of the problem is always women’s reproductive labor. Women are doing something wrong – having too few or too many – and their behavior needs to be managed for some “optimal” outcome. 5/
The fertility fallacy: Five things you didn’t know about global fertility rates
Many people ask: "Do you want children?" But few are asking: “Do you feel able to have children?” Let @UNFPA—the @un sexual and reproductive health agency—reveal how #TheRealFertilityCrisis is a stor...
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July 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Population panics are not new. Before, we had too many births; now we have too few. But the identified source of the problem is always women’s reproductive labor. Women are doing something wrong – having too few or too many – and their behavior needs to be managed for some “optimal” outcome. 5/
Read our blog post about our latest article: we look at how menstruation is still framed in global policy predominantly as a hygiene issue affecting adolescent girls, ignoring a myriad of other aspects.
Periods are a reality for millions around the world and a public health issue. But is the framing of menstruation in policy contexts coherent? @franamery.bsky.social @dr-mel-channon.bsky.social @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social et al investigate #LSEInequalitiesBlog
Where is menstruation in global health policy?
Periods are a regular biological reality for millions around the world and a global public health issue. But when we discuss menstruation as a policy issue, what exactly are we talking about? Fran …
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February 25, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Read our blog post about our latest article: we look at how menstruation is still framed in global policy predominantly as a hygiene issue affecting adolescent girls, ignoring a myriad of other aspects.
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Trump’s aid cuts deny one million women a week access to contraception
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Trump’s aid cuts deny one million women a week access to contraception
The withdrawal of USAID funding enacted by Donald Trump is having an immediate impact in poor countries – with reproductive health, HIV and TB treatment all being halted. Alicja Hagopian reports
www.independent.co.uk
February 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Trump’s aid cuts deny one million women a week access to contraception
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/u...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/u...
"Removing these demographic data that track populations at risk will mean that [we] no longer have evidence for decision making or resource allocation for those who need healthcare the most. This is digital genocide: populations of vulnerable people are being deleted." doi.org/10.1136/bmj....
Anger, despair, and defiance from a voice within the US federal research system
People around the world are watching with disbelief as the new US government closes down its aid programme, withdraws from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Paris agreement on climate change...
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February 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"Removing these demographic data that track populations at risk will mean that [we] no longer have evidence for decision making or resource allocation for those who need healthcare the most. This is digital genocide: populations of vulnerable people are being deleted." doi.org/10.1136/bmj....
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Where is menstruation in global health policy? 🤔
Our new paper examines how UN-level global health organisations construct #menstruation as a policy issue, highlighting the need for a collective understanding: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Our new paper examines how UN-level global health organisations construct #menstruation as a policy issue, highlighting the need for a collective understanding: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@dr-mel-channon.bsky.social @franamery.bsky.social
Where is menstruation in global health policy? The need for a collective understanding
From both an academic and a policy angle, menstruation is receiving an unprecedented level of attention. Within the academic literature, there are many different normative arguments being furthered...
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January 10, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Where is menstruation in global health policy? 🤔
Our new paper examines how UN-level global health organisations construct #menstruation as a policy issue, highlighting the need for a collective understanding: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@dr-mel-channon.bsky.social @franamery.bsky.social
Our new paper examines how UN-level global health organisations construct #menstruation as a policy issue, highlighting the need for a collective understanding: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@dr-mel-channon.bsky.social @franamery.bsky.social
The menstrual justice team at APA who presented three oral presentations and two posters. I'm so lucky to have every one of these amazing women working with me!
Thank you Asian Population Association for a wonderful conference and thank you to all the brilliant people I spoke to. #APA24
Thank you Asian Population Association for a wonderful conference and thank you to all the brilliant people I spoke to. #APA24
December 1, 2024 at 5:04 AM
The menstrual justice team at APA who presented three oral presentations and two posters. I'm so lucky to have every one of these amazing women working with me!
Thank you Asian Population Association for a wonderful conference and thank you to all the brilliant people I spoke to. #APA24
Thank you Asian Population Association for a wonderful conference and thank you to all the brilliant people I spoke to. #APA24
Quick PSA... Don't report the absolute number to compare prevalence between populations.
Just because more people experience x in place y, does not necessarily mean there is a problem compared to elsewhere.
Find an appropriate denominator and use it!
(Based on genuine talks I've seen at APA)
Just because more people experience x in place y, does not necessarily mean there is a problem compared to elsewhere.
Find an appropriate denominator and use it!
(Based on genuine talks I've seen at APA)
November 28, 2024 at 8:50 AM
Quick PSA... Don't report the absolute number to compare prevalence between populations.
Just because more people experience x in place y, does not necessarily mean there is a problem compared to elsewhere.
Find an appropriate denominator and use it!
(Based on genuine talks I've seen at APA)
Just because more people experience x in place y, does not necessarily mean there is a problem compared to elsewhere.
Find an appropriate denominator and use it!
(Based on genuine talks I've seen at APA)
Kathmandu and Asian Population Association here I come.
Thanks to Storm Bert for cutting the power and cancelling all the trains, but I'm on a coach and going to (just about) make my flight 🤞.
If anyone else is going say hi! It's my first time at APA since 2015! #APA2024 #Kathmandu #Demography
Thanks to Storm Bert for cutting the power and cancelling all the trains, but I'm on a coach and going to (just about) make my flight 🤞.
If anyone else is going say hi! It's my first time at APA since 2015! #APA2024 #Kathmandu #Demography
November 24, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Kathmandu and Asian Population Association here I come.
Thanks to Storm Bert for cutting the power and cancelling all the trains, but I'm on a coach and going to (just about) make my flight 🤞.
If anyone else is going say hi! It's my first time at APA since 2015! #APA2024 #Kathmandu #Demography
Thanks to Storm Bert for cutting the power and cancelling all the trains, but I'm on a coach and going to (just about) make my flight 🤞.
If anyone else is going say hi! It's my first time at APA since 2015! #APA2024 #Kathmandu #Demography
Somebody needs to save me from myself as I redesign the colour scheme for my Asian Population Association poster for the millionth time. Is the colour of blood more maroon or burgundy? (And why does this bother me so much?)
Also, come see my talk and poster next week, both about menstruation🩸#APA24
Also, come see my talk and poster next week, both about menstruation🩸#APA24
November 20, 2024 at 10:08 AM
Somebody needs to save me from myself as I redesign the colour scheme for my Asian Population Association poster for the millionth time. Is the colour of blood more maroon or burgundy? (And why does this bother me so much?)
Also, come see my talk and poster next week, both about menstruation🩸#APA24
Also, come see my talk and poster next week, both about menstruation🩸#APA24
Well this is nice - my feed is entirely relaxing landscape photos and people being excited about other demographers joining bluesky. Much more pleasant than X or LinkedIn.
November 18, 2024 at 10:53 AM
Well this is nice - my feed is entirely relaxing landscape photos and people being excited about other demographers joining bluesky. Much more pleasant than X or LinkedIn.