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Rural Nepal's women, burdened by menstrual taboos, find solace in the forest

Photographer Uma Bista’s project Our Songs from the Forest is a testament to how the menstrual taboo of chhaupadi continues to exist in Nepal. But she goes beyond its documentation, exploring the ways in which young women are rebelling against custom and how they find solace in the forest.

Tamil Nadu: Schoolgirl commits suicide after teacher humiliates her over menstrual stains

A 12-year-old schoolgirl in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district committed suicide after allegedly being shouted at for staining her uniform and bench with menstrual blood.

Menstruation is having its pop-culture moment thanks to movies and books, but can India move past celebrating it?

Last year, students at Calicut Medical College launched a contest to encourage each other to submit haikus about periods, after an intern threw out an open challenge to see if anyone would dare to walk around with an unwrapped packet of sanitary pads. The outrage that this incident provoked seemed more than a little out of place, particularly in a medical college, but the poetry campaign eventually went viral on social media. Meanwhile, singer Sofia Ashraf’s new Tamil song 'Period Paatu', which released last month went mega viral.

It's time to break the silence around menstruation, continue dialogue on sustainable disposal of sanitary waste

Isn't it ridiculous how there are endless euphemisms for menstruation? While the dialogue on period taboo and breaking the silence around it is crucial, measures for sustainable disposal of sanitary waste cannot be excluded from these conversations.

Period shamers begone! Indian-origin Kiran Gandhi completes marathon without tampon

She contemplated dropping out of the marathon, but then eventually decided to run — free-bleeding.

U.S. economy barely expands in Q4, brighter days ahead

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