In The Breakthrough Voice

Still A Whisper: The Guest Appearance Of Periods In Pop Culture

By Dr Michelle Frank 19th September, 2019

While pregnancy has been shown time and time again, depicting women as fertile beings, periods - the baseline for fertility - is scarcely discussed.

In Friday Feminist Reviews, The Breakthrough Voice

Period. End of Sentence: A ‘Taboo’ Topic, An Oscar Winning Film

By Shubham Gupta 15th March, 2019

“I’m not crying because I’m on my period or anything. I can’t believe a film on menstruation won an Oscar,” said Rayka Zehtabchi in her acceptance ...

In The Breakthrough Voice, हिंदी

माहवारी पर न टूटने वाला सन्नाटा क्यों ?

By Farman Ahmed 15th February, 2019

“तुम इस बारे में बात ही क्यों करते हो? तुम पुरुष हो।” “हमारा धर्म सिखाता है ऐसी चीज़ के बारे में खुल कर बात नही करनी चाहिए।” “वेस्टर्न मीडिया के बहक...

In The Breakthrough Voice

How Menstrual Taboos Influence Our Ideas Of Hygiene And Education

By Orpheus Sen 24th October, 2018

Since time immemorial, there have been taboos on menstrual health and hygiene based on the patriarchal notion that the female body and sexuality sh...

In Editorial, The Breakthrough Voice

Menstruation: A Conversation Beyond Pads And Pickles!

By Urvashi Gandhi 6th August, 2018

As an adolescent girl I don’t really remember having any conversation about menstruation with anyone apart from my mother (in whispers and only whe...

In The Breakthrough Voice, हिंदी

हर क्षेत्र में प्रगतिशील सोच, पर माहवारी के मुद्दे में पीछे क्यों ?

By Naresh Kumar 28th May, 2018

माहवारी को समाज मे आम जन के बीच सामान्य बनाने और इससे जुडी शर्म को दूर करने के लिए अलग अलग तरह के प्रयास और उन सबको जागरूकता के लिए सांझा करने का द...

In In Focus, हिंदी

नही रहेगी शिक्षा से दूरी, स्वच्छ साफ़ शौचालय ज़रूरी

By Dharmendra Kumar 29th September, 2017

जनपद सिद्धार्थनगर (उत्तर प्रदेश) शिक्षा के क्षेत्र में आज भी बहुत पिछड़ा है, विशेषकर यहाँ पर महिलाओं एवं लड़कियों का साक्षरता दर बहुत ही कम है। और तो...

In In Focus

Should I Go To School During Those Days?

By Supriya Tewari 24th August, 2017

Sheela is a 14 year old teenager from a rural area. It is time for her next menstrual cycle. She has been pondering over several perturbing concern...

In The Breakthrough Voice

“Kotex? What is it?”, I asked.

By Bima Shaw 12th June, 2017

28th May was  Menstrual Hygiene day. All the conversations that were happening around the day about the stigma associated with menstruation and men...

In The Breakthrough Voice

‘That’ Which Must Not Be Named

By Tribeni Pegu 11th November, 2016

This happened a couple of months back when I had  an unexpected conversation with my house help. My house help is a woman. Nothing to be surprised ...