New Delhi: “Since childhood, I have seen my mother suffer during those 4-5 days. I have seen her going through all the pain. I have witnessed the problems associated with the word ‘menstruation’ and how taboo is linked to menstruation. I am from Odisha, there we observe a three-day festival called Raja Parba, which is to celebrate womanhood. If we rejoice …
The silence and shame associated with a woman’s monthly cycle and all the taboos that become attached to her during this time have made women’s right to safe, healthy periods an especially difficult topic to address in India. This silence echoes in public policy discourses, tax laws, even science, because of which there’s very little research to understand menstrual and …
The government launched biodegradable sanitary napkins, priced at Rs 2.50 per pad, on the eve of International Women’s Day, which will be available at Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana Kendras (PMBJP). The sanitary napkins will be available in a pack of four pads for Rs 10 across over 3,200 PMBJP Kendras by May 28, 2018, Minister of Chemicals and Fertilisers …
There is need for a shift in the government’s policy discourse in order to prioritise menstrual health and hygiene for adolescent girls and women and it must be recognised as a major health issue By: Swati Saxena Padman: India has started talking about menstruation. Padman, a film about low cost and accessible sanitary napkins for all, had various celebrities posing …
It’s 6.30 pm on a weekday. For 35-year-old Maya Vishwakarma, the day isn’t over yet. She is on her way, back from a village nestled in the interiors of the Narsinghpur district in Madhya Pradesh. She is driving her car, packed with a projector, films, calendars and leaflets on menstrual hygiene, when she stops for a chat with Firstpost over …
