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menstrual health and hygiene

Insights on the challenges to ensuring women’s menstrual health, and recommendations for improving women’s health policies and access to health care.

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June 16, 2022
A flood of fear: Women in Assam refuse food to avoid defecation
by Geeta Lama | 2 min read
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July 1, 2021
Prioritising menstrual health and hygiene during emergencies
Access to menstrual health and hygiene management during crises such as COVID-19, is critical to upholding the right to privacy and dignity.
by Argentina Matavel Piccin, VK Madhavan | 6 min read
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February 21, 2020
Menstrual health: Awareness is not enough
When we take it upon ourselves to tackle menstrual hygiene issues, we need to ensure that our ‘solutions’ don’t come at the cost of women's self-respect.
by Anshu Gupta | 4 min read
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March 14, 2019
Seven ways to create entertainment with impact
Communicating a message through entertainment can be difficult, because you have to be careful not to preach to the audience, while keeping them engaged with the issue at hand.
by Anushka Shah, Kavindya Thennakoon | 6 min read
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May 17, 2018
Ordinary people, extraordinary power
It’s time to take a different approach to development; people and communities need to be involved in the process of identifying their problems and addressing them using their wisdom.
by Anshu Gupta | 5 min read
Rani Bang profile- women and public healthcare policies
March 8, 2018
IDR Interviews | Dr Rani Bang
A fractured view of their health undermines any attempts to achieve true well-being for the women of India.
by Sangeeta Menon | 7 min read
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May 30, 2017
Logging on for better reproductive health
With sexuality continuing to be a taboo topic for most Indians, the country’s urban young have little access to credible information on sexual health. Governments, funders and nonprofits must look to the internet as a possible solution.
by Chandrima Das | 4 min read
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May 2, 2017
The second-mover advantage
Although everyone talks about impact at scale, few have cracked it in reality. Harvey Koh, Managing Director at FSG, walks us through the two-step process of ‘scaling out’.
by Harvey Koh | 3 min read
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