menstruation

Author Anna Dahlqvist talking with Saudah, a teenager in Kampala, Uganda

The ‘menstrual awakening’: Shattering the period stigma

Women & Gender

For millions of women around the world, monthly periods are something that comes with real hazards, such as missing school and work or being subjected to potentially harmful sanitary conditions. But there’s a global menstrual movement taking place.

Menstrual taboos

How is menstruation connected to cattle infertility? It isn’t

Health
A group of young girls makes a list of questions on menstruation after watching a film about the issue.

A subject so taboo that rural Indians only use its initials

Education