UP की रजनी देवी आज भी पीरियड्स के दौरान राख का इस्तेमाल करती हैं
रजनी देवी (बदला हुआ नाम) कहती हैं, “रोज़ की तरह मैं सुबह ही अपने ईंट-भट्ठे के कार्यस्थल पर पहुंचकर काम मे जुट गई थी लेकिन कुछ देर बाद काम करते समय मुझे अपने प्राइवेट पार्ट के पास गीलापन महसूस होने लगा।...
View ArticleThirandukalyanam: A Celebration Or A Reaffirmation Of Menstrual Myths?
Thirandukalyanam is a four to five days’ ceremony to celebrate menarche. It is a ceremony to announce a girl has hit puberty. Compared to earlier days, it has undergone a significant change. Earlier,...
View ArticleDid COVID-19 Widen The Access Gap For Rural Menstruators?
By Upasana Behar The lifting of the nationwide lockdown, albeit in phases, has come as a relief for the vulnerable groups. The lockdown, that had started with clapping and banging of utensils, the...
View ArticleEnvironmental Innovation Practices: How Can We Reduce Carbon Emissions?
Scientists believe that life on Earth started nearly three billion years ago. At first, humans were the foster child of nature. They looked at the massive forest around him in awe, fear and respect....
View ArticleManual Scavenging: As We Fight A ‘Virus Transmission’, Can We Prevent Being...
How do we define a social issue or how does any issue get associated with a social tag? There are many parameters which seek to explicate and contextualize the social frame of reference. For example,...
View ArticleDebunking Myths And Stigma Associated With Menstruation In Kenya
In a study done by UNICEF, 48% of girls in Iran and 10% of girls in India believe that menstruation is a disease. Moreover, 95% of girls in Nepal underwent restrictions during their first period with...
View ArticleWhen Our Food Security Depends On Oceans, Isn’t It Time We Protect Them?
Save the Sea to Save our Future… Photographer: Eva Badola Fish is a bountiful source of food and nutrition. It will help us to achieve the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals of attaining...
View ArticleWhat Menstrual Cups Taught Me About Privilege
About eight months ago, for the first time, I tried a menstrual cup. My life hasn’t been the same since then. It was a tough decision for me to switch from sanitary pads to menstrual cups, even at the...
View ArticleNature Is The Real Wealth: #SaveDehingPatkai Needs To Be Amplified!
Dehing Patkai is inhabited by a sizeable population of elephants and is under threat from the mining project. “What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are...
View Article#My Period Story: “मैं घबरा गयी थी, माँ ने बोला ये औरतों वाली बीमारी”
मैं कोमल, जब मुझे पहली बार माहवारी हुई तो घबरा गई, मैंने सोचा मुझे यह कौन सी बीमारी हो गयी, हुआ क्या है? क्योंकि उस दिन मैं स्कूल में थी और वॉशरूम के लिए गई पर मेरे पेट में हल्का सा दर्द हो रहा था और...
View Article#My Period Story: माहवारी
माहवारी बचपन हर गम से बेगाना होता है| वह निर्विकार, निष्फिक्र आजाद उम्र जो शायद ही किसी को याद होगी,क्युकी यदि हमारा बचपन जब हमे याद रहने लगे तो समझ लीजिये वह बचपन रहा ही नहीं, सही मायनो में बचपन सिर्फ...
View Article#My Period Story: “माहवारी में क्यों कर देते हैं घर में ही अलग?”
मै पुष्पा ठाकुर, मुझे इतना ही याद है जब मैं छोटी थी तब मम्मी के बिना अकेले नहीं सो पाती थी | फिर मुझे पीरियड होने लगे तो मां ने मुझे अलग से सोने के लिए व्यवस्था की सबसे दूर कमरे के एक कोने में| मैं वह...
View ArticleDoes Our Future Look Like A Plastic Junkyard? Yes, It Does
The future of plastics is in the trash can.” -Lloyd Stouffer, Society of Plastics Industry Speech (1956) The world is divided into two halves. On the one hand, there are advocates of plastic who swear...
View ArticleMan Vs The Wildlife: Why Humans Need To Rethink This Enmity For Survival
Recently, there was a huge public outcry after the death of a pregnant elephant. Motivated by this, this article explores the increasing dimensions of man-animal enmity and the resultant loss of...
View ArticleMen, Women Help Alike To Deliver Sanitary Pads During Lockdown
There were no toilets. I did not have an extra piece of cloth. Periods were an absolute nightmare,” described a migrant worker when asked about the long journey she trod on foot. We cannot possibly...
View Articleसैनिटरी पैड्स की बहसों के बीच हमने महिला स्वास्थ्य का मुद्दा पीछे छोड़ दिया है”
पीरियड्स महिलाओं के स्वास्थ्य और जीवन शक्ति का महत्वपूर्ण हिस्सा है। यह महिला के प्रजनन चक्र की एक जैविक प्रक्रिया है। इसके बावजूद विश्व के अधिकांश देशों में इससे सम्बंधित अनेक मिथक हैं जिनमें महिलाओं...
View ArticleWhat About Period Talk For People With Intellectual Disabilities?
Intellectual Disability is a neuro-developmental disorder involving malfunctioning of general mental abilities that affect the functioning of mainly two domains: intellectual functioning comprising of...
View ArticleTVs And Taboos: Mainstream Media’s Hand In Promoting Menstrual Disparity
Before I learnt why women have breasts, I learnt that women are objectified for having them. Before I learnt that all women have stretch marks, I learnt that they are undesirable. And, before I learnt...
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