Why should menstruation be a taboo topic, especially for men? But while most men would shy away from discussing such issues, Vishal Khanapure did not think twice before taking to Twitter to seek help for his friend, who was on her period. Khanapure, a trainee engineer from Karnataka, was travelling with his friend who got her period […]

We have all just started having conversations about menstruation. Not too early but nevertheless not too late. Only about 12% of India’s 355 million adult women can afford sanitary products. Despite this, in July 2017, sanitary products were classed as non-essential in India’s latest legislation and taxed at 12%. Resulting in making them even more […]

In a bid to make sanitary napkins accessible to all, Kerala government on Wednesday launched “She Pad“. It is a scheme to distribute free sanitary napkins to girl students from classes VI to XII in government and aided private schools affiliated with the state board. With this affirmative measure, Kerala has become the first state government […]