title: Lara Owen
text: # Lara Owen
  
  Lara Owen is an academic at the University of St Andrews. She researches and writes about menstruation and culture and menstruation.
  
  Owen has a PhD in Management & Organisation Studies from Monash University Business School in Melbourne. Her PhD investigated the uptake of menstrual workplace policies and menstrual cups.
  
  In 1993, Owen published the book Her Blood Is Gold: Awakening to the Wisdom of Menstruation. It has since been translated and re-published several times.
  
  