About
Our project introduces a more nuanced perspective on menopausing, which has been gaining visibility and attention during the past years. However, menopause still stands as one of the most divisive, stereotyped, and silenced gendered experiences worldwide. Majority of the existing approaches continue to view the menopausing process as an individualised medical and psychological issue. In a world where there are one billion menopausing people, activism and calls for social research are gaining traction for a reason. Our multidisciplinary team will investigate the power of small communities and networks to raise awareness of the diversity of the menopausing experience. The research will focus on ethnic and racialised minorities, migrants, queers, and activists based in the UK, encompassing widespread activism and less-studied networks and spaces in Finland and the Baltic countries. We are also conducting a pilot research in Ghana, focusing on migrant women who often navigate menopause under conditions that are generally shaped by cultural silence, literacy gaps and reliance on non-biomedical remedies. Despite being a universal phenomenon, menopause is fundamentally entangled with histories, places, temporalities and politics. This project employs innovative geographical viewpoint to menopause, drawing upon ethnographic and feminist data science methods to demonstrate how the impacts of networked activism spread across time, scales, and spaces.
Objectives of the project
The project is funded by
Our team
Aija Lulle
Project leader
University of Eastern Finland – Itä-Suomen Yliopisto
Agnese Bartolucci
Project researcher, data designer
University of Eastern Finland – Itä-Suomen Yliopisto
Zaina Gadema
Assistant professor and project researcher
Northumbria University and University of Eastern Finland
Katja Laakkonen
Postdoctoral researcher
University of Eastern Finland – Itä-Suomen Yliopisto
Pauliina Lukinmaa
Postdoctoral researcher
University of Eastern Finland – Itä-Suomen Yliopisto
Sarah Nyarko
Project researcher
University of Ghana
Meeri Ott
Doctoral researcher
University of Eastern Finland – Itä-Suomen Yliopisto
Mary Boatemaa Setrana
Project researcher
University of Ghana
Engagements
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Menopausing network
We’ve started to collect other projects, organisations, events and people that are doing important work around menopausing. Our “menopausing network” is constantly evolving and growing. The page includes list of people who are devoted to tackle the multifaceted realities around menopausing through research, activism, spreading awareness and collaboration.
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Publications
Learn more about menopausing from our curated collection of publications!
Flash ethnographies and research insights
Collection of the important, powerful and interesting insights and voices that we’ve encountered and collected during our research, fieldwork and interviews.