Women share their experiences of menopause in a new exhibition Published on: 6 July 2022 Women from Uganda and the UK discuss the menopause in the exhibition Blood, Bone, Crone: the menopause experience from the inside out. Challenging stigma The centrepiece of the show, which is taking place in Â鶹´«Ã½’s Long Gallery, is an .The exhibition was organised by Karen Ross, Professor of Gender and the Media at Â鶹´«Ã½. She hopes Blood, Bone, Crone will challenge the stigma and stereotypes that still surround menopause.“The menopause is something that more than half the world’s population will go through,” she says. “But until relatively recently it wasn’t really talked about. “Menopause affects all aspects of life, not just the women who are going through it. It affects their co-workers and managers in their workplaces, it affects their friends, families and relationships. “Having effective policies which emerge out of discussions with staff and which support women and their managers is not only good practice but could also reduce the number of women who feel they need to leave work because of their experiences which The Menopause Charity estimates as 10% of the female workforce. “The more we talk about it, find strategies to support women and talk to women themselves about what would work for them, the healthier the working environment will be for everyone. Win-win." Makerere Professor Ross added: “With this project, we wanted to hear the experiences of women living in different parts of the world and there were interesting differences and similarities." The Â鶹´«Ã½ workshops were facilitated by arts practitioners associated with the creative ageing charity and those which took place in Makerere were run by colleagues from Makerere University. The film’s audio track draws on the workshop discussions and the visual track uses the themes shared in the workshops and incorporates the artworks produced as part of the workshop experience. The exhibition comprises the film and the artworks. Blood, Bone, Crone will be on show at the Long Gallery, Â鶹´«Ã½, until 10 July. The film’s audio track will also be played as part of the University’s ‘Arches’ sound project in the autumn. Share: Latest News Volunteers help turn Whitley Bay beach into maths experiment Members of the public joined mathematicians from Â鶹´«Ã½ to create what organisers believe is the largest aperiodic tiling ever attempted on Whitley Bay beach. published on: 15 June 2026 Student leader drives misogyny law change A Â鶹´«Ã½ student leader has helped change the law after creating a petition to make misogyny a hate crime, which gathered over 114,000 signatures, prompting action in Parliament. published on: 12 June 2026 Freemen of Â鶹´«Ã½ see construction of new Castle Leazes The Freemen of Â鶹´«Ã½ and other key stakeholders have become an indelible part of new student accommodation at Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s Castle Leazes. published on: 12 June 2026 Facts and figures
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