Category: Menstrual Health
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Pinkishe Foundation: an NGO for women ending period poverty through pad distributions
MENSTRUATION is a natural process of the human reproductive system. It is an essential process required to procreate and continue the survival of the human species. But for reasons that people have not been able to overcome for millenia, it is often considered taboo and off-limits to acknowledge, let alone discuss. Because menstruation is considered…
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Menstrual Hygiene Day: Why boys and men matter
IN the same month that the world observes Menstrual Hygiene Day, a man in his thirties murdered his 12-year-old sister grossly mistaking her period blood-stained clothes as the result of being sexually active. While this is an extreme example of what can happen when a person does not know about menstruation, there are many other…
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Goonj Is Breaking The Myths Around Menstruation
Why menstruation still a taboo to discuss? Why are sanitary napkins still packed in black plastic covers? Why do sanitary napkins advertisement still show a blue liquid soaking the pad instead of blood?