All You Needed To Know About Endometriosis
Latia Lee’s right lung collapsed. After her emergency surgery, she was told that it was due to spontaneous pneumothorax (just a fluke). But it ended up happening again, which is when she began to...
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A significant point to think about when it comes to menstruators is how non-menstruators are usually out of the picture. Most times, they are oblivious to the phenomenon in itself, and other times it...
View ArticleHow Has The Period Industry Changed Over The Last 100 Years?
In recent years, the activity on periods has always made the global headlines, targeting taboos, digging at public policy, and promoting companies to create new products (including women, transgender,...
View ArticleMenstruators Should Be Allowed Menstruation Leaves, Period
Should a menstruator get paid leaves? This common question has been surfacing after a decision made by Zomato recently. Although this is not the first time that an organisation is making a progressive...
View ArticleKashmir: COVID-19 Might Have Undone Any Progress Made In Girls’ Education
Education is the most powerful weapon that can change the world. It is a silent, but potent, language. Education is a basic right and a necessity. It is not just a need of the hour but is inevitable....
View ArticleClimate Change And Inequality Have Converged To Affect Maharashtra’s...
They are called “marginalised,” the word implying their location at the margins. A lot of people like me are interested in helping them overcome their “marginalisation”. We try a lot, we write and talk...
View ArticleEIA 2020 Puts Corporate Interests Above The Reality Of Climate Change
On 12th March this year, the Union Ministry of Environment had proposed the new draft bringing changes in rules and regulations of the Environmental Impact Assessment of 2006, Forest and Climate Change...
View ArticleCan Female Genital Mutilation Affect Period Flow?
Globally, people still hold onto many taboos and myths around menstruation. Such notions around period create negative attitudes toward this biological phenomenon and menstruators experiencing it....
View Articleक्यों लड़के स्कूल में पीरियड्स के दौरान लड़कियों का मज़ाक उड़ाते हैं?
मेरे स्कूल में एक बार बाहर से कुछ वॉलंटियर्स आए थे, जिन्होंने सेक्स एजुकेशन की क्लास ली थी। उसी दौरान हमें पीरियड्स के बारे में भी विस्तार से बताया गया था। उन्होंने बताया कि पीरियड्स हर लड़की को होता...
View Article“I Was Told The Hysterectomy Would Help Avoid Hygiene Issues During...
Disabilities and periods are two grievous taboos with disabilities being linked to the past-life karma in cultures across the country, and periods being the stigma of a menstruator’s life. Oft-ignored...
View ArticleRural India Can Bring A Menstrual Revolution. Let Me Tell You Why.
The popular narrative of rural India regarding menstrual health has always been perceived as a backward region. An area of uneducated people with the unavailability of sanitary products, using the same...
View ArticleHow Does One Know They’re Experiencing Menopause? Here Are Some Signs
Menopause is inevitable. Every menstruator has to go through menopause at one point or the other. However, while everyone knows about the concept, many don’t know anything more than that. We’re aware...
View Articleमाहवारी के दिनों में महिलाओं को अवकाश देने के लिए उच्च न्यायालय में जनहित...
सोमवार को दिल्ली उच्च न्यायालय में महिलाओं के एक महत्वपूर्ण मुद्दे को इंगित करते हुए एक जनहित याचिका दाखिल की गई। इस जनहित याचिका में न्यायालय से यह मांग की गई है कि सरकार को माहवारी के दौरान महिलाओं...
View ArticleHow This 9th Standard Student Stopped A Minor Girl’s Marriage In Her Village
The preparations of a Sangeet (Musical ceremony) and Mehandi (Henna) Ceremony were in full swing when a police vehicle with a wailing siren screeched to a halt in front of the house. The cop knocked on...
View Articleवायु प्रदूषण के कारण बढ़ रहा है फेफड़ों के कैंसर का खतरा
गरीब और मध्यमवर्ग के व्यक्ति के लिए काफी मुश्किल हो जाता है कैंसर जैसी बीमारी का इलाज करा पाना। यही नहीं, दिल्ली के एम्स जैसे संस्थानों में तो मरीज़ का नंबर आते-आते मरीज़ की मौत तक हो जाती है। कैंसर...
View ArticleHow Melting Arctic Permafrost Can Lead To More COVID-Like Pandemics In Future
The melting of the polar ice caps has been a topic of interest for the environmentalists ever since its effects were made clear. If you don’t know how bad the melting ice caps in the Earth’s cryosphere...
View Article“पहले पीरियड्स के दौरान मुझे लगा कि मैं कहीं गिरी भी नहीं हूं तो ये खून कैसे?”
जिस खून से तुम पैदा हुए, उस खून के दुश्मन बनते हो बेहिस वजह आंखों पे रख नश्तर का चिलमन सिलते हो। वस्ल की राहत से उठकर सैराब ये लश्कर करते हो वीराने कांटों से हटकर इस खून से गुलशन बनते हो। मैं जिस वक्त...
View ArticleThis Is Your Complete Guide To Period Panties
A few years ago, I came across a YouTube video where a famous American YouTuber was trying out something called “period panties”. The thought about free bleeding into specific underwear during...
View ArticleDo Indian Fathers Think Investing Money In Their Daughters’ Education Is A...
In the recently released Global Hunger Index 2020, India ranked 94 out of 107 countries, lying under the ‘serious’ hunger category. While poor implementation and failure in monitoring are held...
View ArticleWhat About The Mental Health Of Migrant Women Who Bled Without Water, Pads Or...
Have you ever heard of mood swings? Everyone can have them! Irrespective of gender or other social constructs. People generally tend to ignore what they feel, and it leads to mental health issues. This...
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