Changyin’s reinterpretation of worms as cells reflects other ways for women to think about the blood of menstruation and childbirth. The negative views of female bodies expressed in the “Blood Bowl ...

The Supreme Court judgement on the right to menstrual hygiene as an integral part of the constitutional right to life and dignity provides a long-desired direct ...

In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court of India has recognised menstrual hygiene as a fundamental right under Article 21, ...

The public conversation about menstruation seems to be opening up, but many American workplaces still lack the supplies needed by female employees once a month. In one survey, 86% of women said they ...

In today’s world, open and honest conversations about menstruation are crucial for empowering young girls and helping them navigate this natural process with confidence and understanding. As a parent ...

Tatum Holloway is a biology major with a minor in medical and health humanities and she is a 2024-25 health care ethics intern at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University.

The film, which won Best Documentary Short at Sunday's Oscars, aims to fight the stigma of menstruation, starting in a rural village outside of Delhi, India Joelle Goldstein is a Senior News Editor on ...

The Middle Ages scientific authority Pliny the Elder wrote 2,000 years ago that hailstorms, whirlwinds and lightning could be “scared away” by a woman “uncovering her body while her monthly courses ...

For three months this year, I bled nearly every day. My doctor doesn’t know why. Google doesn’t know why. The condition is simply called “postmenopausal bleeding,” and medicine’s best guess as to the ...

There's no "standard" way to period. Menstruation experiences vary as wildly as the people who have them. Periods happen to a lot of us - but what goes on in the body during menstruation can still be ...

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