Application form can be accessed here. Please apply by 15th Dec, 2020. The (GPE) Green Period Educator is a 3 month program for professionals (young and old, in corporate and non-corporate spaces) who want to facilitate conversations around reusable period products in their offices, at their companies, in their resident…

Rebecca Rose Varghese As I write this, I am in pain — mentally and physically! In a week, I will have my next period, and for the past two days, the pre-menstrual abdominal cramps that come a week before have been warning me about the impending 5-day-long pain. I am…

Contributions from Subhiksha Manoj, Skye and Bharti Kannan from Team Boondh As the largest welfare state, India, caters to a population of approximately 1.3 billion. A billion people depend primarily on government schemes for livelihood essentials like food rations and accessing health services for free or at subsidized rates. This…

Menstruation is one of the most personal experiences that anyone can have with their body, unfortunately, this experience is influenced and even deeply affected by one’s association with different private and public spaces — school, home, travel, work, etc. In order to understand this complicated relationship and its effects on…

By Sonal Jain PCOS (Poly-cystic Ovarian Syndrome) is a hormonal disorder that could be caused by multiple reasons, most common being insulin resistance, inflammation caused by gluten, excessive androgens or (Oral Contraceptive) pill induced PCOS. Some of the common symptoms of PCOS obesity, difficulty in losing weight, hair loss/ thinning…

As India announced one of the harshest lockdowns in the world, among the many groups that remained invisible in the government policy announcements were menstruating persons. Hygiene essentials for menstruating persons were missed out in the essentials list of items and services announced by the government. The Union Ministry of…

India’s 1.3 billion people were ordered to stay in for 3 weeks starting March 24th, 2020, to tackle the spread of coronavirus. However, it soon became clear that this solution did not suit the needs of the nation. One way this fact was demonstrated was by the exodus of over…

The media has a huge role to play in the way people perceive the world around them. It keeps us in a constant loop, informing us of the ever evolving outlook and environment of our society. With the growing challenge of stepping out into the real world at this time…

On March 25, 2020, with COVID-19 cases on the rise around the world, the government of India announced its first lockdown. ‘Lockdown 1.0’ effectively barred any movement within and from outside India’s borders. Various sectors — right from the unorganised workforce to small-scale and large-scale industries/services — came to a…