This Menstrual Hygiene Day minister of women and child development calls for educating both the genders about menstruation and that it is nothing to be ashamed of.

Menstruation is a natural process that most girls experience every month starting from her puberty years. Yet, in our society, it still remains a taboo topic thus prompting lack of awareness among girls about their own body. Menstrual hygiene plays an important role in maintaining the overall reproductive health of the female body. Negligence can cause […]

This Menstrual Hygiene Day, let’s meet Manisha Kamble who is a Community Health Volunteer for the children living in street situations in Mumbai. The sixteen-year-old has a group of 100 other children with her who are creating awareness about Menstrual Health and Hygiene. Pragya Vats and Rupali Goswami of Save the Children share with us Manisha’s story:   “Period huya hai? […]

The lamentable silence around menstruation, menstrual health and sanitary practices has left an imprint even in the way Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) is treated in our country. With much reticence, a measure of airbrushing and a lot of resistance in terms of treating the matter in depth, resuscitating it from its fringe status in public […]

Menstruation being a taboo subject for years, women resort to using old rags, which are secretively washed and dried in dark non-ventilated areas in unhygienic conditions. This ‘unclean’ cloth has led to numerous health problems, making us believe that cloth is ‘unhygienic’ and ‘dirty’ – which is far from the truth. Cloth if used and maintained hygienically […]

In Indian context, Menstruation of a woman is a subject to be hushed and treated with lot of hypocrisy. Even one of the prominent brand name for Sanitary napkins is “Whisper”. As if this natural phenomenon of menstruation is a taboo, a disease and the woman becomes untouchable, suddenly every month. The very biological quality, […]

Can you imagine a dry and rashes/cuts-free pubic area even during your messiest periods? Impossible, Right?Fortunately it is possible!! All thanks to Eco-Friendly, Reusable Menstrual cups. These new-age devices are safe and a hygienic alternative over the traditional pads and modern tampons. These bell shaped, medical-grade silicone made cups, fit the vaginal tract to collect […]