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‘Me and my menopause’: a view from women around the world
Millions of women are being let down by lack of support during and after menopause. We asked six, from Brazil …
- Global development, Health, Menstruation, Nepal, Society, South and Central Asia, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Teenage girl dies after being forced to stay in a ‘period hut’ in Nepal
Campaigners say efforts to stamp out custom of banishing girls and women during menstruation have been set bac…
- Doctors, Global development, Global health, Health, India, Life and style, Menstruation, Society, South and Central Asia, Women, Women's health, World news
‘Hell on earth’: India’s taboos around women’s pain leave endometriosis sufferers in agony
Despite the pain of the condition, diagnoses take seven years on average globally. In India, where 42 million …
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Tanzila Khan: disability rights campaigner tells young women ‘the world is yours’
Winner of the inaugural Amal Clooney Women’s Empowerment award says she saw mainstream culture did not represe…
- Coronavirus, Gender, Global development, Health, India, Inequality, Infectious diseases, Menstruation, Poverty, Social exclusion, South and Central Asia, Vaccines and immunisation, Women, Women's health, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
India’s Covid gender gap: women left behind in vaccination drive
Misinformation and access issues combined with patriarchal social norms fuelling disparity in distribution acr…
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If Jacinda Ardern wants to end period poverty she needs to take some lessons from abroad | Jacinta Gulasekharam
When it rolls out free period products in schools the government should think about sustainability and educati…
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‘They use old cloths’: Sri Lanka to give schoolgirls free period products
In a country where women often still resort to rags as sanitary towels, campaigners are trying to break down a…
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Cricketers in India pad up to push periods out of the shadows
Niine’s sponsorship of Rajasthan Royals aims to help remove stigma around periodsWhen the Rajasthan Royals wal…
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Nepal makes first ‘period hut’ arrest after woman dies during banned custom
Police apprehend brother-in-law of Parwati Budha Rawat after 21-year-old is found dead in windowless hut in Ac…