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Reusable Pads Or Disposable Pads – Why Pick One When You Can Use Both?

It is a known fact that the average woman uses 12,000 to 16,000 pads in her lifetime. Each of these pads takes anywhere between 500 to 800 years to decompose since they have plastic components in t...

Vaginal Infections: Causes, Symptoms, and Common Vaginal Problems You Shouldn’t Ignore

Your vagina is one of the most sensitive and complex parts of your body. From hormonal changes and discharge to odours, irritation, and infections, vaginal health changes throughout different sta...

Sanitary Waste and Its Effect on the Environment

Disposable sanitary pads are widely used by most women, if not all, as they come in varied shapes, sizes and absorbency levels and are easily available in stores. From being expensive and also prov...

Period Poverty in India: Causes, Effects; Practical Solutions

What is Period Poverty in India? Period poverty in India means not having enough access to sanitary products, menstrual hygiene education, and proper sanitation facilities because of financial or...

Why is there a Red Dot on Sanitary Waste?

It’s a known fact that sanitary products constitute a large part of our garbage. Approximately 353 million women and adolescent girls across India utilise use-and-throw sanitary pads. Once used pad...

Are Reusable Pads Hygienic?

We all know the importance of maintaining good personal hygiene – brushing your teeth, cutting your nails and controlling body odour. Taking care of your intimate hygiene is just as important durin...

Do Reusable Pads Absorb Well?

A woman’s ‘time of the month’ can be tedious especially having to change sanitary napkins several times during the day. There is a notion that women bleed a lot during menstruation. But the real fa...

How to Wash and Care For Your Reusable Cloth Pad

Planning to make the switch to a cloth pad? Your body and the environment will thank you for keeping plastic at bay. But unlike disposable sanitary pads that you use and toss into the trash without...

Period poverty across the globe

Period poverty is the struggle that many women face in regards to being unable to afford basic menstrual products. Period poverty has become a public health crisis with over 1.2 billion women lacki...

Insert a Menstrual Cup With Ease: Folding Techniques

After reading multiple articles on how regular menstrual products contribute to the world’s waste problem, you have decided to give the menstrual cup a try. Inserting a menstrual cup can be a daun...

How Does Periods Change in Your 20s, 30s and 40s?

The glorious PMS that includes cramping, bloating and intense food craving is just the beginning of a long and unsatisfying 3-7 days. Your symptoms typically remain the same for about a decade but ...

Endometriosis: Here’s What You Need To Know

No doubt being a woman can have its perks, but it can also have its pitfalls. One cannot have the good without the bad in life. However, when the bad happens to be related to your health and well b...