For her final Girl Scout project, she created 1,000 washable and reusable menstruation pads that are now headed to Ugandan villages. Eakin wanted to do something that would help her earn the Girl ...

The girls have been undergoing hardships to manage their menstrual hygiene with some using clothes to manage their menstrual ...

In educational institutions and urban settings alike, more women are switching to menstrual cups — drawn not just by the environmental need, but also the affordability. A one-time investment can last ...

Caption: Around 1.8 billion people menstruate every month worldwide, meaning at a given point each day, 800 million, or 26 per cent of the global population, are menstruating, according to data from ...

As the world marks International Health Day, a survey on menstrual hygiene products by global women’s rights organisation ...

This concept involves establishing a temporary “bank” to collect and distribute reusable sanitary pads to girls in primary and secondary schools. The Pad Bank would be stocked with reusable ...

Popular alternatives include fabric pads, silicone menstrual cups and period underwear. According to a 2022 study from ScienceDirect, reusable products still have significantly lower lifetime ...

Menstrual Cup Market OverviewThe Global Menstrual Cup Market is valued at USD 1.5 Billion in 2024 and is projected to reach a ...

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When it comes to bizarre and extreme laws, North Korea consistently tops the list. Governed by authoritarian leader Kim Jong ...

A local organisation has donated over 1 600 reusable sanitary pads to two schools in Mashonaland West Province. The donation was handed over to Mr Moses Mhike, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry ...

Gloria Achieng, a BBC journalist in Kenya, talks us through the causes of period poverty and some of the reusable products available. Patricia Kajumba, founder of Glow Up Pads in Uganda, explains how ...