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Women's Health

‘Unclean’, ‘monstrous effects’, ‘the curse’: Menstruation has a long history of stigma, shame

Rachael Gillibrand, The Conversation
· Aug 28, 2023 · 10:00 pm
How the medical system gaslights women who have endometriosis

Johanna Deeksha
· Mar 15, 2023 · 06:30 am
The perils of motherhood near Kashmir’s strife-torn borders

Tarushi Aswani
· Jan 25, 2023 · 06:30 am
The painful history of speculum and why it’s still feared by women

Helen King, The Conversation
· Jan 15, 2023 · 07:30 pm
How deepening Covid-19 distress has left Indian women malnourished

Cheena Kapoor
· Nov 10, 2022 · 11:30 am
Scientists identify the genes that cause endometriosis, giving hope for a new treatment

Krina Zondervan, The Conversation Thomas Tapmeier, The Conversation
· Sep 09, 2021 · 09:30 pm
94% of women in Bihar know about contraception. Yet only 20% of them use it

Kumar Das, IndiaSpend.com
· Jul 24, 2019 · 08:30 pm
Shame, superstition and secrecy hurting menstrual hygiene, finds Tamil Nadu study

TNUSSP Team, IndiaSpend.com
· Jan 22, 2019 · 07:30 pm
Most of the world’s poor continue to use unhealthy and polluting traditional cookstoves

Gayathri Vaidyanathan
· Nov 24, 2018 · 02:30 pm
Climate change is making sea water in the Sunderbans saltier, putting women at risk

Manipadma Jena, Thomson Reuters Foundation
· Nov 03, 2018 · 09:30 pm
Beyond condoms: The Indian scientists who have been pushing for a new way to look at contraception

Hannah Harris Green
· Oct 17, 2018 · 01:30 pm
‘Women can sweep and mop to stay fit,’ advises Rajasthan education department magazine

Scroll Staff
· Nov 12, 2017 · 11:09 am
Watch: A Mumbai media company is now offering its women staff paid 'first day of period’ leave

Scroll Staff
· Jul 09, 2017 · 05:00 pm
Watch: ‘Sanitary Pad Banks’ in tribal areas will counter GST rules that label it a ‘luxury’ item

Scroll Staff
· Jun 22, 2017 · 01:00 pm
Watch: This comic book is informing and empowering young girls about menstruation

Scroll Staff
· May 28, 2017 · 01:00 pm
IIT researchers are using nanotechnology to make better and healthier sanitary napkins

Suneera Tandon, qz.com
· Sep 28, 2016 · 07:41 pm
Women's status has improved in India – but there's still a long way to go

Shreya Shah, Indiaspend.com
· Sep 16, 2016 · 09:30 pm
Socio-economic factors, not religion, influence India's fertility rate and population growth

Shreya Shah, Indiaspend.com
· Aug 11, 2016 · 09:30 pm
How old is too old for a safe pregnancy?

Hannah Brown, The Conversation
· Aug 05, 2016 · 10:30 pm
Natural birth can be as risky as C-section – so should it really be the default option?

Mairead Black, The Conversation
· Jul 27, 2016 · 09:30 pm