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Book SynopsisIt’s time to change the global menopause conversation. Let’s stop talking just in terms of the stereotyped sweaty, hot-flush beleaguered female, the infertile crone or the wise woman – the reality of the menopause experience is so diverse and deserves to be heard.
Trade ReviewThe subject of menopause is very serious because this natural state which is part of the normal sexual and reproductive life of women is often negatively treated by harmful traditional behavio[u]rs. Postmenopausal women are thus excluded from sexual relations, including with their husbands, on the grounds that it would cause illnesses in them. One of the consequences of this practice is that all pathological bleeding, including that caused by cancer of the uterus, is paradoxically welcomed by victims who believe they are having a return to menstruation. In my long struggle against female genital mutilation, child marriage, and other harmful traditional practices, I have always spoken out against the harmful traditional practices including those associated with menopause. This is why I am very happy to see that renowned and very committed specialists like [Dr Eleanor Nwadinobi] have participated in the in-depth analysis of the phenomenon of menopause through this excellent book entitled: M-Boldened: Menopause Conversations We All Need To Have, edited by Caroline Harris.
-- Dr Morissanda Kouyaté, Executive Director of Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices; laureate of the 2020 United Nations Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize
