Tag: #menstrual health
Articles tagged with #menstrual health
That time of the month
Activists, artists, journalists share diverse menstrual experiences and interventions from across Nepal
Healthy periods
Ensuring taboo-free and safe menstruation for all Nepali women on World Menstrual Hygiene Day, 28 May
Shamed for bleeding
Nepali women still have to deal with period shame
New contraceptive for increased lockdown demand
A woman gets Sayana Press suring the lockdown. Photo: IPAS NEPALFor the past two decades, Basanti Paudel, 41, of Nawalpur had always used…
Tipping point on menstrual banishment in Nepal
It is when local women take the lead to end the practice that it is most effective
Communicating to remove menstrual taboo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezfdhBKEtsEGrowing up in Chitwan, Radha Paudel’s father used to tell her stories of faraway Jumla: how it took…
Nepal’s superwomen beat superstition
DEFYING TRADITION: This cow shed in Kailali used for menstural banishment. It has now been turned into a store room for rice husk.Media reports…
That time of the month
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRIThe practice of chhaupadi in which women in western Nepal are banished to cow sheds during their periods grabs a…