Virginity among unmarried Indian girls isn’t just a requisite, it is a norm. Which is why most people automatically assume that unmarried girls are virgins, and their “seal” should remain unbroken so that they can have a happy life post matrimony. Our society takes this sentiment very seriously. The seal called ‘hymen’ must remain intact […]
The Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) has significantly dropped from 92 to 81 in Telangana. This figure marks the state’s achievement since it is a few inches close to attaining the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal. Improvement in state key reason for MMR dip As per the latest report released by Sample Registration System (SRS) for the […]
An Indian-American professor Nimmi Ramanujam, along with her team, has developed a new handheld low-cost device that will help women check for cervical cancer without using a painful speculum.
Breast cancer is second most common cancer among females in India after cervical cancer. In India the awareness programs are mostly concentrated in the big cities and do not reach rural parts of the country. There is lack of an organised screening program, diagnostic aids, and general indifference towards the health of women in our […]
The balmy winter rays beamed through my bedroom window, nudging me to absorb my daily dose of the vital sunshine. My skin sparkled and my eyes gleamed when I felt the vitamin D getting synthesized inside my skin through the veins to the entire body. Vitamin D, commonly referred as the sunshine vitamin is a […]
Tobacco companies have been around for years, and have subtly advertised smoking to be ‘cool’. In the last few years that Indian women have been taking charge about their lives, and their bodies, it is not rare to see a woman smoking on the streets of metropolitan cities. In fact, India has the second highest […]
Many of us have a sweet tooth. Let’s accept the fact that resisting a donut is not that easy (certainly not for me) without realizing (in the spur of the moment) that the extra added sugar in the diet can damage us in many ways . Here are a few way in which sugar can […]
Leadership isn’t a factor of being in a job alone. It’s about how you deal with situations. This is my own story of battling weight and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). I believe this can happen to anyone and so I am sharing my story with the many women that are part of the SheThePeople.TV community. […]
