“स्कूल में ब्राह्मण टीचर मुझे सबके सामने ‘चमार’कहकर बुलाते थे”
अमेरिकी अश्वेत नागरिक जॉर्ज फ्लॉयड की हत्या की खबरों के बाद से भारत में विभिन्न प्रकार के भेदभावों को लेकर विरोध के स्वर तेज़ हो रहे हैं। लोग काफी मुखर होकर सोशल मीडिया पर या तो अपना अनुभव साझा कर रहे...
View ArticleSurvey: 90.1% Menstruators Believe In Avoiding Certain Practices During Periods
Preaching about something and doing it are two different things. Speaking from the podium feels easier as compared to being on the ground and executing the plan. All over the world and in our daily...
View Articleयोनि को कैसे साफ और स्वस्थ रखें
योनि एक स्व-सफाई अंग है जिसे विशेष सफाई उत्पादों की आवश्यकता नहीं होती है। इसे किसी भी सफाई उत्पादों की भी आवश्यकता नहीं है। कुछ महिलाएं जननांगों का बाहरी भाग साफ करना चाहती हैं, जो योनि के प्रवेश...
View ArticleCoal Auction: Spelling Doom For Forest Communities, Biodiversity, Climate Action
This article was co-written with Archana Soreng, from Khadia Tribe, Research Officer, Vasundhara, Odisha—An Action Research and Policy Advocacy Organisation working on Natural Resource Governance,...
View ArticleWomen Who Cry Pain: A Story Of An Encounter With Indian Healthcare Systems
When I was 17, I went through a particularly bad bout of acne that prompted me, a doctor-fearing-hospitals-give-me-palpitations-introverted teenager, took the initiative to visit a dermatologist. The...
View ArticleI’ve Been Using A Menstrual Cup For Three Years And This Is My Experience
In honour of World Environment Day, I would like to share certain lifestyle changes that I made to save the environment. Sometimes, all we want is to make a difference and change the world, but we need...
View Article“During My Mother’s Funeral Rites, I Was Asked Again And Again If I Was On My...
In India, there’s a powerful factor that overarchingly defines the collective experience of those who bleed, because it is deeply rooted in culture, class, and caste — and that is religion. Religion...
View ArticleWhy Maharashtra Is Far Ahead In Terms Of Menstrual Hygiene Management
Lack of education, stigma and misunderstandings have been some of the key factors contributing to young girls missing out on school during their periods. According to this report published by FSG, 71%...
View Article‘I’m Stressed About Getting Back To School’: A 14-Y-O Talks Lockdown
By UNICEF Office, Tamil Nadu S. Deepika, 14, lives in the Government Slum Clearance Board tenements at Chemmenchery. She studies in Standard IX at the Government Higher Secondary School there....
View ArticleJayapriya’s Story Lays Bare The Stark Digital Divide In India
By UNICEF Office, Tamil Nadu The lockdown has brought several changes to the lives of school-going students, most obvious of which is that schools have been shut and studies temporarily suspended,...
View Article‘A ‘Killer Disease’ Has Increased My Stress For My Class X Board Exams’
By UNICEF Office, Tamil Nadu D Kavitha drawing in her free time Far from preparing young adolescents for their futures in college, university and the workplace, board exams in Class X and Class XII of...
View ArticleThis 19-Y-O Made It Her Mission To Protect Her Community From COVID-19, And How!
By UNICEF Office, Odisha “I wish to become a bank officer. I like Maths; hence I opted to study Commerce. The money that I will earn from my bank job, I want to use it for the welfare of the poor...
View ArticleMy Quarantine Story: “I Had To Remind Myself That It Was Not An Apocalyptic...
It was March 22, 2020. The Janata curfew had just ended at 7 p.m. I was pursuing social sciences at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad. I began my journey back home to Mumbai by car. The...
View ArticleI’m Not Letting The Pandemic Take My Dreams Away!
When the year 2020 commenced, we had various plans for the new journey. Some of us were ready for a job; some were about to step into the adventurous college life. But as they say, life is...
View ArticleFighting Fake News Around COVID, A Bal Panchayat Member Leads The Way!
By UNICEF Office, Bihar Gone are the days when children’s voices didn’t matter. In the smaller towns and villages of Maharashtra, youth leaders and their voices are on the rise. They are not just being...
View ArticleThis Young COVID Warrior Is Ensuring His Slum With 5000 Families Survives...
By UNICEF Office, Maharashtra When news of COVID-19 and the lockdown hit Ambedkarnagar, a slum settlement in Malad East, Mumbai, Sunil, a youth leader who’s been working to improve conditions in the...
View ArticleMy Father Became My Padman The Day He Brought Me Pads And Talked To Me About...
Menstruation is a natural process, but frankly speaking, I hate this cycle a lot. These four days are the worst part of my month. They leave me irritated with mood swings that increase day by day....
View ArticleCOVID-19 Has Exacerbated Climate Concerns
By Rishika Das Roy As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, the dominant narrative in the climate change space is ‘nature is healing’. This narrative has emerged from the decrease in air pollution across...
View Articleपीरियड्स पर फैले अंधविश्वास के कारण महिलाओं होती हैं इंफेक्शन का शिकार
राजस्थान के बूंदी ज़िले के तालेड़ा ब्लॉक की 12 ग्राम पंचायतों के क्षेत्र को बरड़ क्षेत्र के नाम से जाना जाता है। यह क्षेत्र बूंदी ज़िला मुख्यालय से 50 कि.मी. दूर दक्षिण पश्चिम दिशा में चित्तौड़गढ़ और...
View ArticleWhy Periods Become A Vulnerability For Women Living In Slums
Indian urban slum dwellers and the urban poor make up a heterogeneous group with differing levels of deprivation and vulnerability. The situation is so common that one in every six urban Indians lives...
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