El libre acceso a productos de salud menstrual para el efectivo cumplimiento de los derechos constitucionales

Abstract

Menstrual health and hygiene are achieved with access to menstrual management products, enabling menstruating people to approach this process with dignity, in a state of well-being that makes health possible, as well as the incorporation and permanence of menstruating persons in public life, favoring gender equality and their psychosocial development. The theoretical justification for the need for free access to menstrual health products in Ecuador as a means of ensuring the enforcement of constitutional rights was established for this study. The quantitative approach was used to obtain the pertinent information. The research level is descriptive, based on analysis and interpretation of theories. The deductive, and inductive method was employed, starting from general premises to reach specific conclusions. The systematic method facilitated a comprehensive literature review, together with the application of the legal dogmatic method. On the other hand, the data collection technique and the file as an instrument were used. As a result, the relationship and necessity of menstrual health products for the fulfillment of constitutional rights such as health, education, and work were established due to the incidence of menstruation in society as a limiting factor in the participation of menstruating individuals in public action because of the social factors surrounding menstruation and the ineffectiveness of the State to meet their needs.