In some cultures, menstruation and childbirth are treated as polluting, not life-giving. One Buddhist text’s interpretation ...

There are approximately 170,000 people incarcerated in women’s jails and prisons across the country. While some identify as trans and gender-nonbinary, they all have similar reproductive health ...

The Supreme Court judgement on the right to menstrual hygiene as an integral part of the constitutional right to life and dignity provides a long-desired direct ...

In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court of India has recognised menstrual hygiene as a fundamental right under Article 21, ...

The major function of the female genital tract is to produce mature and fertilizable ova. In contrast to other body tissues, ovaries and other parts of this system undergo repetitive cyclical changes ...

Every month, millions of women across India quietly ask themselves a question they rarely discuss openly: Should I enter the temple today? For some, the answer was taught in childhood — “No, not ...

Menstruation is something just about all healthy preteen to midlife women experience nearly every month. But even though you’re intimately familiar with your period, you may not know the language used ...

In a February golf tournament, after Tiger Woods hit his ball farther on the ninth tee than Justin Thomas, Woods handed Thomas a tampon. Get it? Thomas is weak! Haha. Contrast this with the viral ...

Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds; and may His blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon all his Family and Companions. If a woman during Ramadan has menstruation during the ...

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