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January 13, 2025 0 Comments

Bashali: A Place of Freedom

In the Kalasha culture of northern Pakistan, menstruating women can choose to retreat to a bashali, a sacred space only for women on their period or about to give birth. Human rights lawyer Farah Ahamed gets to visit a bashali and reports on this place of personal reflection and collective wisdom.  (…)

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December 10, 2024 0 Comments

Submit your menstrual masterpiece

Derogatory comments. Awkward situations. Strange taboos. Does something annoy you? Do you want to share your personal period story? This is your chance. Submit your menstrual masterpiece! (…)

Culture
September 25, 2024 0 Comments

Code Red: Dutch research into period poverty

Dutch research from Amsterdam NGO Neighborhood Feminists into period poverty illustrates that 1 out of 4 people who menstruate are adversely affected. However, there’s also good news: Amsterdam results show intervention can work. (…)

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September 22, 2024 0 Comments

Making an impact in South Africa

In South Africa, 7 million girls menstruate without dignity. Aiming to make a difference, Dutch International Business student Ruby de Bruijn went to Cape Town where’s she’s now the face of the She Matters campaign. (…)

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July 3, 2023 0 Comments

Endometriosis: stop telling women ‘pain is normal’

Endometriosis can cause pelvic pain which feels like ‘a burning hot poker’ says Caroline Louise Hamar from Femi.Listen. She conducted a survey amongst 15 UK women who suffer from this disease. ‘They were each told by the medical community that pain is normal for women.’ (…)

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December 24, 2022 0 Comments

Top 5 Periods & Poetry: Personal Submissions

In the last years, we have welcomed guest bloggers from all over the world.Time for some shortlists.This time we proudly present you our best read submissions in the category Periods & Poetry. Five beautiful poems from India and Nepal. (…)

Global
December 21, 2022 0 Comments

Trade high heels for pads in Kenya

Managing your menstruation can be quite a challenge when you’re living in Kenya, where wages are low and menstrual products are expensive. The Heels4Pads foundation has come up with a creative solution: trading shoes for menstrual pads. (…)

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November 20, 2022 0 Comments

Top 5 Period Power – Personal Stories

Did you know? Period! Magazine has contributors from all over the world. In the upcoming weeks, we proudly present you some shortlists. For starters: our best read submissions in the category Period Power. Enjoy! (…)

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October 10, 2022 0 Comments

My entry into womanhood

The menarche is a unique moment that requires a gesture. Big or small, symbolic or plain. Every girl is different after all. Author and celebrant Carla Rosseels recalls her own entry into womanhood. After experiencing the power of rituals and ceremonies, this became one of her core themes. (…)

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May 27, 2022 0 Comments

MH Day 2022 (3) Meanwhile in Bangladesh

In the society of the indigenous peoples of Chittagong Hill Tracts in the south-eastern part of Bangladesh, there are many harmful taboos and unhealthy practices around menstruation. Here, Reusable Sanitary Pad Making Training comes in handy. (…)

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April 8, 2022 4 Comments

PMDD and me

‘Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder affects 1 in 20 women. So how could it be that it took me until my 30’s to learn about PMDD?’ – a guest blog by Cindy Lopez Smith. (…)

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June 13, 2021 0 Comments

Say it PERIOD

‘Remove the stigma, not the name!’ Sushmita Das has written an empowering and powerful poem about tackling period shame through words. (…)

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April 18, 2021 0 Comments

My Red Blood

She lives in The Netherlands now, but Sangita Khadka – rewarded as most inspiring Twente woman in 2020 – is originally from Nepal. ‘A country where menstruation is seen as taboo and ‘chaupadi’ is still practiced in rural areas.’ This inspired her to this beautiful poem: My red Blood. (…)

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December 12, 2020 0 Comments

Thinking about periods

‘At any given time, 800 million people worldwide are menstruating. It’s perfectly healthy and normal. It’s okay to menstruate. As long as you never talk about it and no one knows that you’re doing it.’ – an essay by Anna Balmer. (…)