Menstrual cycle Current Affairs, GK & News

Menstrual Hygiene Day 2021

World Menstrual Hygiene Day is observed every year on May 28. The day is marked across the globe to address societal stigma and to raise awareness on maintaining menstrual hygiene. Who launched the day? Menstrual Hygiene Day is a global movement which seeks to normalise menstruation. It was initiated by German non-profit organisation “WASH United” ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021

Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs

Topics: Menstrual cycle • Menstrual Hygiene • Menstrual Hygiene Day • Menstrual Hygiene Day 2021 • Menstrual Hygiene Programme for Adolescent Girls

Chhaupadi huts issue in Nepal

Chhaupadi is an outlawed practice in Nepal. Chhaupadi huts or menstruation huts are used in western parts of Nepal to isolate women during their menstruation and after child birth away from the society. They are not allowed to touch others, food, religious icons etc. during this forced exile. These huts are often uninhabitable and cramped ..

Topics: Chhau • Chhaupadi • Culture and menstruation • Feminine hygiene • Human reproduction • Menstrual cycle • Menstruation hut • Midwifery • Taboo • Women in Nepal • Women's health

Florish biodegradable sanitary napkins introduced in Uttarakhand

A biodegradable sanitary napkin has been launched in Haldwani in Uttarakhand. It is a move to improve menstrual hygiene among women while simultaneously tackling the issue of environmental degradation. The Florish napkins are made up of biodegradable raw materials like bamboo, banana cotton and biodegradable sap. It can be degraded into fertilizer for the soil ..

Topics: Biodegradable polymer • Biodegradation • Disposable products • Feminine hygiene • Humans • hygiene • Menstrual cycle • Napkin • Personal hygiene products • Polymers • Public health • Sanitary napkin

Arunachalam Muruganantham to receive Power Together Award

Women Leaders Global Forum has announced the prestigious Power, Together award to Social Entrepreneur Arunachalam Muruganantham. Arunachalam Muruganantham Arunachalam Muruganantham is a social entrepreneur from Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. The low-cost sanitary pad-making machine is his breakthrough invention. He is hailed for innovating grassroots mechanisms to generate awareness about traditional unhygienic practices around menstruation in ..

Topics: Arunachalam • Arunachalam Muruganantham • Feminine hygiene • Films • Human reproduction • Indian films • Menstrual cycle • Menstrual Man • Menstruation • Sanitary napkin • Sexual reproduction • Women's health

‘Period. End of Sentence’ wins Best Documentary Short Subject award at Oscar 2019

‘Period. End of Sentence’, a documentary that tackles the stigma around menstruation in rural India, has won the Oscar in the Documentary Short Subject category at the 91st Academy Awards in Los Angeles. The film has been co-produced by Indian producer Guneet Monga and directed by Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Rayka Zehtabchi. The film is about ..

Topics: Feminine hygiene • Films • Guneet Monga • Human reproduction • Indian films • Menstrual cycle • Menstruation • Pad • Pad Man • Padman • Rayka Zehtabchi • Sanitary napkin