Are Policies On Menstruation Really Successful?
The Kenya Menstrual Hygiene Management Policy (2019-2030) is a big win to the Kenyan menstruating population. The policy is a key milestone towards the achievement of healthy and hygienic menstruation...
View ArticleWe Must Ensure That The Most Marginalised Girls Return To Education Post COVID
By Srishti Pragat via Unicef, Madhya Pradesh The Covid-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on children. The early years in a child’s life are the most important in terms of their education,...
View ArticleBlood Safai: On A Mission To Clean Menstrual Waste In India
By Sukanya Chaudhury Blood Safai is the campaign we are running, in association with Youth ki Awaaz Action Network. We glorify the blood on battlefields and cheer at the death of the enemies. We...
View Articleकैसे कोरोना काल के बाद बेटियों का स्कूलों की तरफ लौटना एक बड़ी चुनौती है?
कोरोना वायरस वैश्विक महामारी ने सम्पूर्ण विश्व की विभिन्न व्यस्थाओं को किसी-न-किसी रूप में प्रभावित किया है। शिक्षा-व्यवस्था इससे परे नहीं है। भारत में गरीब तबके के साथ-साथ सभी वर्गों के बच्चे शैक्षिक...
View ArticleCan The Technology Of Capturing And Storing Carbon Be Our Answer To Climate...
Over the years, we have continued to pump carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, and now we realise that it’s time to extract it back. It’s like the famous L.M. Montgomery quote, which goes like: ‘Isn’t...
View Articleपीरियड्स के मिथकों को खत्म करने के लिए पुरुषों को भी आना होगा आगे
मासिक धर्म एक प्राकृतिक चक्र है जो हर महिला के लिए एक आम बात मानी जाती है। मगर जब बात आती है लड़कों और पुरुषों की तो इनके साथ इस विषय को साझा करना थोड़ा संकुचित हो जाता है। पीरियड्स के विषय पर पुरुषों का...
View ArticleAmplifying The Unheard Voices: Why Caste And Menstruation Cannot Be Separated
Written by Utkarsh Tiwari In 2007, Miranda Fricker came up with the ground-breaking theory of Hermeneutical Injustices. It explained how the language to express your oppression is critical in...
View Article“क्यों माहवारी पर खुलकर बात ना करना महिला स्वास्थ्य के लिए खतरनाक है”
स्त्री’ कोई साधारण शब्द नहीं है। यह स्वयं में एक ग्रंथ है, एक वेद है, एक महाकाव्य है। ईश्वर ने जब सृष्टि की रचना के बारे में विचार किया होगा, तो उनके मन में प्रथम सवाल यही आया होगा कि ऐसा कौन व्यक्ति...
View ArticleWant To Go Eco-Friendly During The Pandemic? Here’s What You Can Do
We are at such a point in history where we are not sure of our future. The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly created massive chaos in people’s lives, but it also points towards our obsession with...
View ArticleCOVID-19: Without Classes, How Can Kids In India Learn?
By Rajnandini Saxena Via Unicef, Madhya Pradesh Amid this pandemic, a very important fraction of our society has suffered immensely: students below the age of 18 attending online classes. The online...
View ArticleWorkers’ Long March Home: What About The Education Of Their Children?
By Abhishek Ghiya Via Unicef, Madhya Pradesh Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world. Education is the movement from darkness to light. The Covid-19 pandemic has sparked a...
View ArticleCOVID Patients Are Fighting A Dual Battle, The Virus And Associated Stigma
By Ananya Namdev Via Unicef, Madhya Pradesh “हमें बीमारी से लड़ना है, बीमार से नहीं।” Many of you must have heard this on caller tunes, T.V., radio or through the garbage truck that comes at our door...
View ArticleThe Period Project: Why Teachers Need To Be At The Forefront To Talk About MHM
While the world is dealing with COVID -19, it’s the marginalised people who have been affected the most. COVID-19 has led to a decrease in access to sexual and reproductive health services, and the...
View ArticleYouth Skills Day: Reimagining The Future Of Work Post COVID
Millions of students in India have been affected by the closure of schools and colleges due to the COVID lockdown. We are all figuring out ways to understand and find our place in this new normal....
View ArticleDon’t Miss These Nine Postcard Stories About Young Girls’ Periods
When we talk about periods and menstruation, we often talk about breaking taboos, and breaking silence. But what if we could move on to talking about periods as just another part of our lives — as...
View ArticleHas Your Father Talked To You About Periods Yet?
For long, menstruation has only been considered a women’s issue. In India primarily, a whole lot of taboos and stigmas revolve around it that restrict men from knowing or understanding the biological...
View Article“मैं अब बिना शर्मिंदा हुए खुद को ‘चमार’कहता हूं”
नोट: इस लेख को YKA यूज़र इमरान खान ने राजू जाटव से बातचीत के आधार पर लिखा है। मैं राजू जाटव, मेरे पिता का नाम महेश जाटव था। हम चार भाई और दो बहने हैं। मेरे दो भाई और मेरी बहन मुझसे बड़ी हैं और एक छोटा...
View ArticleA Saga Of Women Rights: Despite Several Schemes, Menstrual Rights A Dream For...
How many females still remember their grandmother or mother telling them to not touch the pickle jar or the iron almirah or enter the kitchen while menstruating? Forget that, how many of them knew what...
View Article“When We Talk About Menstruation Or Hygiene, People Think It Is A Sex Worker,...
In a culture where both periods and sex work are stigmatised; talking about both at the same time has only attracted silence and ignorance. Periods are typically not discussed outside a comfort zone....
View ArticleThis Pandemic Is Turning Up To Be Another Hurdle For Girls’ Education
Today I read a newspaper headline “All-girls robotics team in Afghanistan designs low-cost ventilator“. It was not at all astonishing for me. Why? Because I believe girls are performing better and are...
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