UTIs are a common occurrence in women and can cause complications if left untreated. Hear what a gynaecologist suggests about the causes, treatment and prevention of UTIs.

Mumbai and one of India’s most famous monuments, Gateway of India has got an exclusive, no-charge sanitation facility for women on 1 November. While the situation of women’s toilets across the country is no secret to anybody, the new sanitation facility in the area, where several thousand people visit on a daily basis, offers much […]

Salespersons working in the textiles units in Kerala have earned the right to take breaks during working hours. The move came after they launched a movement called ‘irippu samaram’, which means ‘right to sit’ in Malayalam, reported TOI. Problems the workers face Anitha, one of the workers in a textile shop in Kozhikode, wasn’t allowed to […]

An MP talked about her period in the Scottish House of Commons and is gathering praises for the move. Danielle Rowley, representing Midlothian, apologised for being late to a House of Commons women and equalities debate. She said that she was on her period and it had already cost her £25 this week, reported The Guardian. What she […]

Awareness compels people to challenge the status quo and bring about big changes. For instance, when 75-year-old Rahima Bewa got to know the extent to which open defecation is harmful for our health, she decided to utilise some of her savings to build a toilet in her house. “Some people told me defecating in the open is […]

Dharani, a six-year-old girl from Athoor block in Tamil Nadu, has managed to convince her father to build a toilet for her mother. She managed to explain to him that open defecation affected her mother’s dignity and caused her embarrassment every day. The mother told The Hindu that the girl was so determined in her approach […]

Imagine you are on your way to some place and you badly want to answer the nature’s call? While people in other cities may face a problem finding a hygienic toilet nearby, residents of Bengaluru can breathe easy. Hotels and restaurants in the city have decided to allow women and children avail of their washroom facilities […]

I have spent my entire life suffering what I think is my gender’s only defect: having to use India’s unhygienic public toilets. Need I explain?