“I wasn’t shy from the first time,” says Genet Birhanu of her job as a menstrual educator in Ethiopia. “I understand menstruation cycle is an old taboo,” she says, but “I’m not afraid” to talk about ...
Shraddha Tiwari is like many other 16-year-olds in rural Uttar Pradesh -- studying in Class 12 at a government school, living with her parents and siblings in a small town, where her father is a ...
It is important for everyone—but especially girls, women and people who menstruate—to understand how ovulation and menstruation work. Understanding the menstrual cycle empowers patients to give an ...
For many of us growing up in the ’80s, ’90s, and 2000s (or earlier), periods and menstruation were kind of a taboo topic (especially for boys). But this completely normal bodily process deserves to be ...
If you were to walk into an Ulta Beauty store right now you’d find Scarlet by RedDrop‘s period products next to the Fenty lip gloss and CeraVe moisturizers. Not hidden in the back near the pharmacy or ...
A pioneering program in Ethiopia teaches all students about this "taboo" topic. A new UNICEF report, released on “World Menstrual Hygiene Day,"... “I wasn’t shy from the first time,” says Genet ...