The city Corporation’s first reusable cloth pad manufacturing unit, as part of its efforts to promote sustainable menstruation practices and to reduce sanitary waste, will start functioning soon at ...

My brush with the crisis in menstrual health and hygiene in India come in 2010. The link between poverty, age-old customs and the crisis was an eye opener. Akshay Kumar’s Pad Man is set for release.

With virtual learning being the order of the day during the pandemic, an NGO recently organised a free cloth pad making online workshop for women, community workers and self-help groups. With virtual ...

Thiruvananthapuram: Thiruvananthapuram Corporation could be the first Corporation in Kerala to promote "sustainable menstruation", if deputy mayor Rakhi Ravikumar can get a ‘cloth pad’ project rolling ...

In 2020, when the world paused due to the COVID-19 pandemic, something clicked for Aanvi Kanodia, who at 15 years old, was teaching art at Bagiya—a school run by the Sanshil Foundation in Gurugram. “I ...

In recent times, Adivasi customs related to menstrual hygiene have come under scrutiny in the erstwhile undivided Adilabad district, but researchers have confined their studies to the ‘what’ of ...

To increase awareness and focus on menstrual health choices, Green the Red, a group of eco-activists and healthcare professionals will send the office of Prime Minister Narendra Modi a kit containing ...

Prameela Rao (in picture), an assistant professor and head of the department of political science in the Government First Grade College Kavoor, will launch reusable cloth sanitary pads for women.The ...

The council is giving up to $150 to cover half the cost of reusable fabric nappies and up to $100 towards reusable sanitary pads and sanitary cups — but the women of the region aren’t snapping up the ...

The drive was also conducted for women associated with self-help groups in rural areas of a handful of districts. LUCKNOW In a bid to make menstrual hygiene information and products more accessible ...