Global
May 1, 2016 0 Comments

Menstrual Hygiene Day 2016

MHD SPECIAL – Saturday, May 28th is Menstrual Hygiene Day again. The focus of this day is to raise awareness about menstruation and the importance of hygiene worldwide. Still necessary? Yes! (…)

Spotlight
April 26, 2016 0 Comments

Yayeri tests… vaginal steaming

For Period! editor Yayeri, menstruation isn’t exactly the highlight of the month. There must be alternative ways to make her menstruation a more pleasant affair. This time: feeling zen by vaginal steaming?

Culture
April 20, 2016 0 Comments

Let’s talk period!

Let’s talk period! Three pairs of sisters host the podcast The Left Ovaries and talk about ‘shit women deal with on the daily’. What’s that? Everything! Being a woman in the workplace, dating and of course, periods!

Global
April 17, 2016 0 Comments

Girls Just Wanna Have Pads

A fun video, with a serious message: it is extremely difficult for adolescent girls in Madagascar to practically manage their periods; especially in rural areas. Projet Jeune Leader is an innovative organization trying to improve that.

Quotes
April 14, 2016 0 Comments

You know: Aunt Flo

‘About 10 percent of girls will get their first period and not have any clue about what is happening or what they should do’, says April Kurtyka. ‘That’s why I decided to write Aunt Flo.’ (…)

Shopping
March 7, 2016 0 Comments

Why?

A T-shirt that provokes discussion. For indeed, why is it called a tamp-ON and not tamp-IN? (…)

Culture
February 27, 2016 0 Comments

Annoying friend

Imagine your period… like a hysterical and annoying ‘worst friend’ who just doesn’t notice she’s too much. In a nutshell, that’s the storyboard of the short movie A Period Drama.

Global
February 23, 2016 0 Comments

Not just for girls

The Girls Clubs in secondary schools in Uganda and Zambia aren’t only meant for girls. Also boys are taught about menstruation.

Culture
February 19, 2016 0 Comments

Shaving: yes, menstruating: no

Strange: the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners state that men should be able to shave regularly. But there’s nothing about women being able to change their menstrual pads regularly. (…)

Facts & Figures
February 15, 2016 0 Comments

Menstruating men?

If a man discovers blood in his urine, he doesn’t usually think he’s on his period. But that’s exactly what happened to a 37-year-old British businessman. (…)