Despite being illegal, chhaupadi, the practice of exiling menstruating women and girls from their home – often to a cow shed – is still practised in some areas of Western Nepal. Chhaupadi is an extreme example of the stigmas and restrictions around menstruation that exist not only in Nepal, but also globally.
Esma Esin Yildirim Eryilmaz graduated in 2024 with an MSc in Cosmetic Science and now runs her own business, Botanifolia, which makes and sells botanical wellbeing products.
The Edtech team at LJMU is currently operating with reduced capacity. We ask that staff and students bear with us during this period as we work hard to maintain support and minimise disruption.
MSc Health Psychology graduate Tillie Davies tells us about her training as an Education Mental Health Practitioner with Barnardo’s.
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Demelza Kooij's film The Breeder considers the darker implications of our cultural fetish with cute.
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Tom Barnes graduated from LJMU with degree in Sociology and went on to do an MSc in Development Studies at SOAS (School of African and Oriental studies) in London before becoming the Director of Fundraising and Communications at War on Want.
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Prehistoric humans and their predecessors may have had a very different diet but their teeth suffered in similar ways to ours, writes anthropology lecturer Dr Ian Towle