Consent, Privacy And Period Apps: Digital Surveillance Steps Up
The digital world has its idiosyncrasies when it comes to privacy. Smartphones and apps which have become a centre of our existence, have a shady side. Period apps are no exception. They have been...
View ArticleEver Wondered What’s It Like To Menstruate As A Sportswoman?
Most of us have made an excuse to skip P.E. or yoga classes because we were on our periods for fear of leaking and painful cramps. Similar options are not available to most sportswomen. There is an...
View ArticleHow To Control Pandemics At The Grassroots Level? Decentralisation.
We are living in the 21st century, the century of climate change. With the rise of mean global temperature and anthropogenic activities, the population of disease-causing vectors will also increase....
View ArticleA Letter To The Environment Ministry To Formulate A ‘Long-term Strategy Plan’...
Global coherence demands a permanent strategic cooperation culture at all levels.” ~ António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations In 2015, under the historic Paris Agreement, countries...
View Article52% Of Women In Rural India Still Don’t Practice Menstrual Hygiene
The premium quality of menstrual products for rural women is still a roadblock towards menstrual hygiene. NFHS-4 has shed light on the plight of rural women. Only 48.2% of women aged 15-24 years in...
View ArticleA Bloody Good Pleasure: Period Sex Isn’t The Mess You Think It Is
Caution: Period sex is not natural contraception as one can still get pregnant. Protected sex is a must! In an infamous scene from the book Fifty Shades of Grey, Christian Grey removes Anastasia...
View ArticleA Lake Bed Of Soiled Pads: Menstrual Waste Management Gone Awry
In India, an estimated 432 million pads produced annually, find their way into landfills. These soiled pads have the potential to cover landfills spread over 24 hectares of land. The effects are...
View Article“सांसद महोदय, आइए पीरियड्स के क्षेत्र में मिलकर आवाज़ उठाते हैं”
सेवा में, आदरणीय रितेश पाण्डेय जी सांसद,अम्बेडकर नगर,उत्तर प्रदेश महोदय, हमारे जनपद एवं प्रदेश की एक बड़ी जनसंख्या ग्रामीण क्षेत्रों में रहती है ।आज भी हमारे यहां यद्यपि साक्षरता दर में वृद्धि हुई है...
View ArticleThese 7 Women Are At The Forefront Of India’s Fight For Period Positivity
Talking about menstrual health can be difficult, but some women have been fighting against menstrual stigma for a long time. They have succeeded in shaping a positive narrative in several parts of...
View ArticleShouldn’t Our Offices Adjust To The Needs Of Menstruators?
Image for representational purposes only. For almost 80% of women, menstruation is a tumultuous journey. Mood swings, depression, anxiety, bloating, period cramps or dysmenorrhea in the form of back...
View ArticleHow Does Young India Imagine Our Future? Let These 7 Changemakers Tell You!
A country with the world’s highest youth population cannot imagine its future without taking into account the dreams and aspirations of young people. This International Youth Day, August 12, Youth Ki...
View Article3 Indian Companies That Are Champions Of Menstrual Rights In India
At the intersection of menstruation and work, obstacles in the professional lives of women have recently gained the spotlight. While periods and period pain affects different people in different ways,...
View ArticleAs Someone Who Experiences Severe Cramps, Period Leave Is A Welcome Step
Recently, food delivery giant Zomato recently announced a 10-day paid period leave annually for its menstruating employees. Zomato’s ‘period leave’ policy has triggered a debate among the Indian...
View ArticleSmash The Stigma: I Am A Boy, And I Talk Of Periods As Casually As I Talk...
I belong to an educated, lower-middle-class, North-Indian family. I’m a single child, a boy; and we don’t talk about periods at home. I couldn’t understand the advertisements of sanitary pads till my...
View ArticleEmployment Or Empowerment? The Ground Reality Of Worksites For Women In MNREGA
During the time of the pandemic, one act that was in news for boosting rural economy was Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). The act aims to provide a minimum of 100 days...
View ArticleCan The NEP 2020 Solve India’s Kaksha Crisis?
India ranks 112th out of 153 countries on the Global Gender Gap Index 2020, and this gender gap can be easily observed in India’s kakshas (classrooms). With millions of girls out of schools for reasons...
View ArticleIntervention At School Level Might Help Us Bust Menstrual Myths
Aristotle had rightly said, “Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” Menstruation can be defined as the discharge of blood and tissues through the vagina. Menstruation...
View Articleमाहवारी पर नई शिक्षा नीति में स्पष्टता का अभाव क्यों है आखिर चिंता का सबब?
हाल ही में कुछ दिन पहले आखिरकार नई शिक्षा नीति सबके सामने आ ही गई। इस नीति को लेकर चर्चाओं का बाज़ार गर्म है लेकिन इस चर्चा में बहुत कम या यूं कहे नगण्य लोगों ने ही माहवारी जैसे मुद्दे पर ध्यान दिया।...
View ArticleMy Grandmother, Mother And I Answer These 11 Period Questions
I spoke to three generations of women—my grandmother, mother, and me; to understand how menstruation and ideas around it have changed or not, across time. Hena Basu, dida, was born on 31 August 1935....
View Articleक्या देश के 40% लोगों को 2030 तक पीने का पानी नहीं मिलेगा?
भू-जल वह पानी है जो चट्टानों और मिट्टी के माध्यम से रिसता है और ज़मीन के नीचे जमा होता है। चट्टान जिसमें भू-जल को संग्रहित किया जाता है उसे जलभृत कहा जाता है। आम भाषा में बोले तो एक्विफर्स कहा जाता है...
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