For the past 15 years, my team and I have worked for menstrual equity in rural India. We’ve seen the damage and danger that can be done to the mental and physical health, education, livelihood, and ...

MUMBAI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A new website and comic book called "Menstrupedia" aims to shatter the taboo surrounding periods in conservative India, where millions of girls face social ...

When Eva Marie Carney read a news story a few years ago about period poverty in Native North America, she became aware of an issue she hadn’t considered. She knew she needed to use the resources she ...

One of India’s biggest food delivery companies says it will give all female employees 10 days of “period leave” a year — a significant milestone in a country where menstruation remains a taboo topic.

Ria Soni remembers her first period very well. She was in fifth grade and had a band concert that night. Her section, the alto saxophones, were going to play a solo during “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” ...

Aditi Gupta, co-founder of Menstrupedia, a start-up social enterprise that uses a comic book and online platform to shatter the taboo and dispel the myths surrounding menstruation in conservative ...