Are We Doing Enough To Understand And Deal With Period Poverty?
Illustration by Jeannie Phan In an 8th-grade Biology textbook, menstruation is defined as, “The periodic blood that flows as a discharge from the uterus.” Over the last decade, a vast volume of...
View Article#PeriodPaath: Killing The Demon Of Taboos Of Menstruation
To, Sri Nitish Kumar Govt. Representative, Bihar Subject:- Regarding taboos of menstruation in Bihar Respected Sir, With due respect I would like to draw your attention towards the various problems...
View Article#PeriodPaath: Sanitary Pads- A Luxury Or A Necessity?
To, Smt Smriti Zubin Irani, Hon’ble Minister of Women and Child Development, Government of India. Sub: Suggestions regarding making pads easily available. Respected Madam, While the women around the...
View Article#PeriodPaath: Coming Out Of A No ‘Whisper’ Zone
Dear Smritiji, I am writing to you as you are an empowered woman, mother to a daughter and the Minister of Women and Child Development in Government of India. You might have come to know about Scotland...
View Article#PeriodPaath: Accessible Menstruation
To Smt. Imarti Devi Minister, Women and Child Development Madhya Pradesh Sub: Making Menstrual Hygiene Affordable and Accessible for Women In MP Respected Madam 38.3% of Madhya Pradesh’s population is...
View ArticlePeriodPaath: Open Letter To NCERT (National Council Of Educational Research...
To the Director NCERT, A hearty appreciation for all the efforts that have been put in developing an enriched curriculum for the overall development of children, that goes beyond the textbooks and...
View ArticleWhat’s Missing From Our Discourse On Menstruation?
68 women studying in a Swaminarayan trust college in Bhuj, Gujarat were made to remove their underwear to check whether they were menstruating. Representational image. The principal of the college, on...
View ArticleRiding In The Cycle Lane To Save The Environment
We constantly hear warnings of climate change. The leaders of the world are not doing much, but there are many things that we as citizens can start in order to reduce the rising temperature of Earth....
View Article#PeriodPaath: Issue Menstrual Card #IssueLife
To Mr Dharmendra Yadav Member of Parliament Madhya Pradesh Subject : MENSTRUAL CARD : The menstrual solution India needs. Respected Sir The reason I chose to write to you is that I am deeply inspired...
View Article#PeriodPaath: Panchayat School Girls Don’t Know What Anwesha Clinics Are?
Vinaya Bhavana,Department of Education, Santiniketan, Visva Bharati, West Bengal Bolpur- 731235 15th March 2020 The Block Development Officer, Sriniketan Road, Santiniketan, Bolpur – 731236 Subject –...
View Article#MyPeriodStory: Red Stock On My White Dress
EVERY GIRL BLEEDS IT IS NOT SOMETHING YOU SHOULD BE ASHAME OF BUT SOMETHING YOU SHOULD FEEL GOOD ABOUT…. when I was of just 14 years I bleed for the first time I remember it was 1st April that day...
View Article#PeriodPaath: The Scream Of Menstruation
To, The Chairman, Nabadwip Municipality, Nabadwip,Nadia SUBJECT: ( An appeal to make an active and revolutionary system to help the health of girls during menstruation.) Sir, I,Chiranjit Saha,a...
View Article#PeriodPaath: Street Girls Experience Of Menses
The Mayor Delhi Municipal Corporation (MCD) Respected Sir/Ma’am, ‘Street and working’ children, as we all know, suffer from the worst kind of deprivation and denial of basic necessities, such as...
View ArticleFishermen Are Having It Worse: How Climate Change Is Impacting Their Livelihoods
This new year 2020 was welcomed by pre-existing wildfire in the forests of Australia and the Amazon, increasing ocean warming, global warming, anthropogenic impacts of climate change, and depleting...
View Article#PeriodPaath: Let’s Discuss Mensuration Cycle
I am from Bihar district Jamui. I would like to highlight some things which are very important to us. Firstly the stigma attached that don’t talk about this. society treats this like this is a disease...
View Article#PeriodPaath: #PForPeriods
To, The Principal Kasturba Gadhi Balika Vidyalaya Sub: Creating awareness about Mensuration in school girls. Respected Madam, Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas started to provide quality education to...
View Article#MyPeriodStory: Yeh Un Dino Ki Baat Hai
When I was in school, I always hear my friends , my mother talking about periods. That time I just listened them carefully what it is, etc ..etc about it. But when I really first time experienced it ,...
View Article#MyPeriodStory: The First Leak
Life is pretty simple and beautiful for a girl until she hits the red button. Sometime when you are 11 or 12 or even younger, you start noticing blood stains in your inner wear. I was 12 when I got my...
View Article#MyPeriodStory: So, I’m Gonna Bleed?
Once I was at school. It was just a normal day, I sat on my bench thinking when this boring, never ending lecture would get over. I yawned, scratched my head and put my head down when suddenly I heard...
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