Menstrual Poverty: Where Is The Point Of End?
Published On :
13th December 2022
Posted by : Susmita Basnet
Period poverty is the lack of access to sanitary products, hygiene facilities, waste management, and education. It truly describes the struggle women and girls face while trying to afford menstrual products. It addresses issues ranging from a lack of product availability, affordability, and fears to cultural alienation and stigma.
Menstruation is normal vaginal bleeding that occurs as a part of a women’s monthly cycle and is considered a natural phenomenon. More than 800 million women menstruate daily. During this phase, the need for menstrual products is compulsory, along with their hygiene. Products such as sanitary pads, tampons, and other.....
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Can men support during periods?
Published On :
7th December 2022
Posted by : Aarti Chaudhary
"Ssh! Do not cry so loudly. Your father and brothers are in the dining room having dinner. Drink this cup of warm water and rest in your room. Your pain will subside soon", the mother said to her daughter, who is having menstrual spasms.
It is already difficult for a girl to discuss menstrual problems with their father, brother, and male members of the family. Even just talking about periods is frowned upon in our society today. A daughter hesitates a number of times before telling her father or any male member of her family about her month-to-month&n.....
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MENSTRUAL CUPS : SUSTAINABLE AND ECO-FRIENDLY PERIOD PRODUCT
Published On :
26th September 2021
Posted by : Sumanjari Pradhan
A menstrual cup is a type of reusable feminine hygiene product. It's a small, flexible funnel-shaped cup made of rubber or silicone that you insert into your vagina to catch and collect period fluid. Cups can hold more blood than other methods, leading many women to use them as an eco-friendly alternative to pads and tampons. Menstrual cups were in use since the the1800s. The use of a menstrual cup is becoming increasingly popular among college students and working people. Although they may appear intimidating at first, using a menstrual cup is a convenient, safe, environmentally friendly, and cost-effective way to collect menstrual blood with.....
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Tax Free Period
Published On :
24th September 2021
Posted by : Laxmi Chaudhary
Menstruation is a natural biological process in which people having uterus shed the inner lining of the uterus in a cycle of an average of 28 days if the released ovum doesn’t fertilize with sperm and implants itself on the uterus to develop a fetus. Menstruating individuals (MIs) can be girls, women, and other non-binary people with the uterus (trans men). Though the period is a normal biological process, menstrual stigmas have been followed for very long in Nepal due to misinformation, cultural and religious beliefs. MIs have been facing different kinds of discriminations varying according to places; somewhere it is in the form of Chhaupadi w.....
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