Roughly half of the female population -- around 26 per cent of the global population -- are of reproductive age. Yet, as normal as it is,...
There was a time when people used to shy away from even uttering the word ‘periods', but Akshay Kumar starrer ‘PadMan' released earlier this year, made...
We live in a country where women depend on unhygienic alternatives like cloth, ash, sand and husk while they are menstruating. Women neither have access to...
This Menstrual Hygiene Day, let your hands be clean, and your health be protected
Traditional education falls short in explaining periods to children. But voila! We have a comic book that offers a playful alternative to engaging young minds on...
Meet Nishant Bangera, a Mumbaikar, who has been educating women about menstrual health and hygiene
Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao said this scheme is important for the hygiene and health of girl students
The organisers of the Khelo India University Games have installed sanitary napkin vending machines and eco-friendly incinerators for disposal of the used pads in the stadiums
ZOON, a non-profit youth organisation in Kashmir is working towards educating rural girls about menstrual health and hygiene management and sanitation
In an ANI podcast, Union minister Smriti Irani said, "When I spoke in parliament, I spoke from my personal experience because I don't want women to...
In three years, under government's Jan Aushadhi Suvidha Sanitary Napkins scheme, adoption of sanitary pads among women has risen from 30% to 55%
The research by NGO Sulabh International involved a sample size of 4,839 women and girls in 22 blocks and 84 villages covering diverse ethnicities in the...
The Centre had earlier apprised the court about its proposal to direct all states and UTs to make provisions for ensuring the availability of quality low-cost...
Durga Puja is celebrated with a lot of fanfare in Kolkata and often pandals adopt interesting themes. One of the puja pandals has adopted menstruation as...
Project Garima is the brainchild of a 17-year-old girl from Delhi, Ahaana Bharat Ram, under which, affordable sanitary pads are distributed among girls and women from...
According to the National Family Health Survey 5, 78 per cent women in the 15-24 age group use a hygienic method of protection during their menstrual...
The top court had earlier asked the Centre to prepare a Standard Operating Procedure and a national model to be adopted by all states and Union...
A group of women from Shahgund village in the Bandipora district of Kashmir has taken the initiative to produce and promote sanitary napkins