Once again Menstruation – a physiological aspect of womanhood is making the headlines for all the wrong reasons. More than 60 college girls in a college in Gujarat were asked to leave their classes, queue up and remove their underpants to prove that they were not menstruating. This was done to establish charges levelled against the girls that they had …
Across cities and villages in India, an impending water crisis is at our doorsteps. India will face a water shortfall of almost 50 percent by 2030, if our water use continues its current pattern. The statistics are no longer just numbers on paper, they have become our reality. Water is the life and livelihood of rural communities. Agriculture accounts for …
Congress MP, Shashi Tharoor, recently raised a parliamentary question during the ongoing Lok Sabha session, on the Government’s efforts on providing menstrual care facilities for girls and women. The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, in his response, drew attention to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s scheme to provide subsidised sanitary pads through the centrally sponsored Menstrual …
India has a total of 12.3 billion disposable sanitary napkins to be taken care every year and the majority of which are non-biodegradable. Menstrual hygiene products: One disposable pad is equal to 4 plastic bags and takes around 500 to 800 years to decompose. Menstrual hygiene products are extremely good for women’s health but it might be choking the Earth. …
Menstruation is considered a taboo in Indian society, and girls are taught silence around the topic. But why the shame? Menstrual blood is where each of our lives began. Red dots of shame Why are we ashamed to talk about the power our vaginas have? Have you too felt embarrassed to ask for [insert menstrual hygiene product here] at the medical shop? …
