This document describes the website Menstrupedia.com, which aims to educate young girls and their parents about menstruation. The website provides comprehensive yet easy to understand information about puberty, the biological process of menstruation, menstrual hygiene management, and combats common myths. It offers this information through illustrated guides, Q&A sections, and comic formats. User testing with girls, parents, and teachers has generated positive feedback, with the goal of creating a comfortable environment for discussing menstruation.

1. www.menstrupedia.com
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2. Periods
Not just a biological
process but a social
and a cultural issue.
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3. Mission
To help young girls understand menstruation better, so that
they can take care of themselves properly during their
periods.
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4. Users and user needs
Girls (09-14 yrs old) and their parents
Daughters Parents
Curious about Need reliable source
menstruation of information
Need an easily Create a comfortable
accessible source of environment to
information that can discuss
be referred to in menstruation and
privacy avoid any
embarrassment.
Should be
entertaining and
engaging
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5. Menstrupedia.com
•Illustrative
•Simple
•Comprehensive
Menstrual Hygiene Management
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6. Quick Guide
•Puberty - Physical and emotional changes
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7. Quick Guide
•Biological mechanism of menstruation
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8. Quick Guide
•Menstrual hygiene management
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9. Quick Guide
•Menstrual myths
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10. Q&A
•Users can get their questions answered
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11. Comic
• Printed comic
• Audio visual digital comic
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12. Comic
User tested:
• school girls
• Parents
• Teachers
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13. User Response
• User response has been very positive from both young
girls and their parents and teachers.
• Featured in
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14. Thank you!
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