periods

Scotland will become the first country in the world on August 15 to offer universal access to free period products. According to the Scottish government, councils and educational establishments would be legally compelled to supply free period products to anybody in need. "Providing access to free period products is fundamental to equality and dignity, and removes the financial barriers to accessing them," stated Shona Robison, Social Justice… read-more

Swiggy announced that it will provide a two-day paid monthly period leave to its regular female delivery agents, on October 20. The delivery agents can take the said leaves voluntarily in the month. This decision was made to ensure comfort to the female delivery partners. Notably, more than 99% of the females working in the firm are below 45 years of age, and almost 89% of them have a child. 

UNICEF has chosen actress Manushi Chhillar to raise awareness on menstrual hygiene in India. Besides promoting menstrual hygiene education for girls before their first period, the initiative aims to sensitise males to be understanding, supportive and initiate conversations around periods. Determinedly engaged in enlightening menstrual hygiene issue, the ex-Miss World said, pandemic affected the menstrual hygiene life of females due to a lack… read-more

Performing yoga is one of the best ways to regulate irregular periods and painful menstrual cramps, said Dr Dixa Bhavsar. For this, Dr Bhaskar suggested of doing 5 yoga asanas - Suryanamaskar, Kapalbhati, Dhanurasana, Bhadrasana and Vajrasana (after meals). She said women should do the yoga asanas daily in order to keep the period cycle regular. She explained that irregular periods can be caused by hormonal imbalances, using certain… read-more

Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar applauded Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi for talking about menstruation in his 74th Independence Day speech from the Red Fort, on August 15. The actor himself is an active promoter of the topic of menstrual health and hygiene, and has thereby commended PM Modi for being the first Indian PM to have broken the stigma. The PM has also received… read-more