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    Menstruation Equity,  Mental Health

    Myths and Facts About Menstruation

    Chitrita Sengupta Chaki / December 12, 2021

    Menstruation taboos and stigma, which restrict girls and women from leading a normal life or participating in family and school,  are severely debilitating and oppressive for women. Stigma combined with lack of access to sanitary products and proper knowledge on managing periods put girls and women at a disadvantage and are contraindicative to achieving gender equality.…

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    Menstruation Equity

    Paid period leaves, lower tampon taxes and free sanitary products: progress on women’s needs around the world

    Greta Maggi / December 12, 2021

    Although positive developments have been made, commitments both from governments and the private sector around the world are necessary to stop considering topics such as menstruations as taboos. Paid period leaves, different taxes on tampons in every country, and a list of places where governments provide free menstrual products, let’s dive into this!   Paid period…

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  • Menstruation Stigma And Mental Health- A Silent Connection
    Menstruation Equity,  Mental Health

    Menstruation Stigma And Mental Health- A Silent Connection

    Chitrita Sengupta Chaki / December 6, 2021

      Menstruation Let us start by defining Menstruation as the periodic discharge of blood and tissue from the uterus, from puberty until menopause. It is a necessary biological function experienced by half of the population. It is similar to other biological functions such as sleeping, breathing, urinating and so on. Menstruation: Stigma And Taboos  Despite roughly…

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  • COVID-19 and Period Poverty in Vihiga County
    Around The World,  Menstruation Equity

    COVID-19 and Period Poverty in Vihiga County

    Phionah Musumba / December 3, 2021

    Since the Coronavirus pandemic hit the world in 2019, all aspects of life as we knew changed for the worst. Prices of almost everything went up. Most pinching has been the price of basic needs like food, shelter, clothing, education, health and menstrual hygiene management supplies.   I know it comes as a shock to many,…

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  • Menstruation Equity: We Can Do Better
    Menstruation Equity,  Reproductive Rights and Justice

    Menstruation Equity: We Can Do Better

    Swagata Sen / November 29, 2021

    The term ‘Menstrual Equity’ is used to describe menstruation as a driver of social and economic inequality resulting from staggering menstruation poverty, taboos, and stigma associated with menstruation. Period Poverty and Stigma: Hundreds of millions of girls and women across the world do not have access to hygienic sanitary products, clean and private toilets or clean…

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  • Menstruation Exile in Nepal
    Menstruation Equity,  Reproductive Rights and Justice,  Socio-Cultural Norms

    Menstruation Exile in Nepal: A Horrific Example of Menstruation Stigma

    Swagata Sen / February 11, 2019

    In 2019, a woman in Nepal died in the ‘menstruation hut’ with her 2 kids. They died of possible suffocation or carbon monoxide poisoning from the fire they lit to warm the hut in the freezing cold. Women in Nepal are forced to live in animal sheds or secluded huts in inhuman conditions, during menstruation. Chhaupadi or…

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