Why do women so often feel ashamed of having periods? Sophie Law's research convinced her that the answer lay in men's attitudes to menstruation. This book takes a unique approach to the subject, investigating what men really know and think about menstruation, and how, as lovers, fathers, husbands, doctors or 'experts', they impost their views on women.

Men's attitudes to menstruation are impossible to separate from how they see women generally. Ideas about women's 'natural' inferiority, and concern that women's needs and problems may inconvenience men are common themes. Women are not allowed to create their own meanings for bodily events like menstruation, and may meet with angry hostility if they fail to observe the etiquette of silence. Such oppressive attitudes make it very difficult for women to feel in any way positive about something which is undeniably about being a women - this book shows how an understanding of what women are up against may be needed to bring release form the negative messages of patriarchal cultures.

Perfect for practitioners, teachers and students, this book offers a comprehensive guide to commissioning, managing and undertaking research in development work. It serves both as a practical reference manual and an indispensable learning tool. Divided into three parts, the book provides a complete overview of the entire research process spanning: The uses, planning and management of research How to review existing evidence Learning development research skills Choosing research methods and data collection Undertaking ethical research Research analysis and writing an effective research report Promoting research uptake and assessing research Monitoring and evaluation This fully revised and updated Second Edition includes new sections on how to use the internet for research, promoting research uptake, assessing research work and on monitoring and evaluation. The highly accessible content is supported by a wide variety of international case studies, checklists of key points, learning exercises, helpful references to further reading, engaging illustrations and a detailed glossary of terms. Drawing on considerable hands-on experience, Research for Development is an ideal practical companion for students of development studies and public policy, as well as practitioners in the field.

This is part of a series of modern commentaries based on new English translations made by their respective editors.
While adhering strictly to sound scholarship and doctrine, they intend, above all, to bring out the theological and religious message of the New Testament to the contemporary Church.