World Menstrual Hygiene Day 2023: Are small-scale incinerators a good idea?

Lack of monitoring and emission of harmful gases like dioxins and furans within poorly designed, substandard toilets are major risks posed by …

Menstrual Hygiene Day: It’s time for action

We must make the menstruation narrative about girls and women instead of pads and pad men

75 years of independent India: Time for freedom from period shame

This Independence Day CRY calls for demystifying taboos on menstruation and urges everyone to come forward and break the culture of silence …

A new roll-on to relieve period pain

Based on essential oils including eucalyptus oil, menthol and wintergreen oil, it can also help improve the mood of users

The mammoth task of managing menstrual waste in India

India has close to 12.3 billion disposable sanitary napkins to take care of every year, majority of which are not biodegradable/compostable

Managing menstrual waste in India

A film on menstruation, titled 'Period. End Of Sentence', has won the Oscar in the documentary short subject category. Here's looking at the …

Taxing menstrual products is like taxing women for being women

Instead of being counted as ‘necessities’, sanitary napkins are counted as ‘luxury products’ in India

Simple, easy and healthy

Gujarat trader makes affordable sanitary napkins and develops India's first machine to hygienically dispose them of Darshan Desai

Strong start: This Prayagraj non-profit gives poor children a chance to complete their education

Shuruaat—ek jyoti shiksha ki provides underprivileged children with free tuition and access to sanitary pads

Hymen doesn’t stand in the way of intercourse, but menstrual hygiene

Let’s debunk a myth that keeps women from using menstrual cups

What to eat and avoid during menstruation

Symptoms like cramps, mood swings, depression etc, have increased due to lifestyle changes

‘They stole my womb’: Doctors mislead thousands of women to get their uterus removed

DTE found most women who have undergone hysterectomy to be under 30, not needing the surgery

World Menstrual Hygiene Day 2023: Small-scale incinerators for sanitary pad disposal in schools is not a good idea

Lack of monitoring and emission of harmful gases like dioxins and furans within poorly designed, substandard toilets are major risks posed by …

More women opting for safe menstrual practices, NFHS-5 data shows

The percentage of women using safe menstrual products highest in Andaman and Nicobar Islands (98.9%); least in Bihar at 58.8%

Will the State recognise women workers’ right to bleed with dignity

The Union Ministry of Corporate Affairs has sought feedback from stakeholders on the draft National Action Plan on Business & Human Rights by …

Lack of access to sanitary products, privacy drives girls away from schools in Zambia

New report says girls prefer to stay home during menstruation for fear of staining their dresses, interacting with and being teased by boys, as …

Menstrual hygiene in urban spaces: Willingness to shift to environmentally safer sanitary products

Shifting to alternate products and / or sustainable management of sanitary waste is the need of the hour

‘Periods don't stop for pandemics, neither should our activism’

Srilekha Chakraborty, the woman behind menstrual health campaign #PeriodsPeCharcha, talks about introducing changes in ways menstrual health is …