Health

From menstruation to fertility and mental health, we combat cultural stigma and taboo, while empowering women to embrace their bodies and minds.

Som Puri, 39, reflects on her experience going grey and choosing not to colour and the societal perceptions around letting yourself go.
From ethical non-monogamy to body positivity and dating with a disability, sexologist Chantelle Otten and Lucille McCart say nothing is off limits.
I have carried the weight of these stories with me for my whole life, because I wasn’t brave enough to speak out—and because I didn’t want to accept it. But we can’t heal what we don’t talk about.
The changes will be particularly helpful for women living with conditions including epilepsy, breast cancer, type 2 diabetes, inflammatory bowel diseases and more.
In the coastal villages of Odisha, in eastern India, women do not work on betel vineyards due to an age-old menstruation taboo. But some women are rebelling. What does it take to fight against the society?
As artists like Taylor Swift, Stormzy and Fred Again grace our shores, psychologist and Flow State Space founder Rashida Dungarwalla reflects on one of her core passions: the psychology of music.
Would you be able to cope with having the energy for sex only five days a month?
I’d often try to stay out of the sun, with the conscious intention of ‘not getting darker’. It’s taken years of unlearning this. 
Endometriosis is a brutal, chronic illness affecting 1 in 9 women. Editor and author Gina Rushton explores the power of anger over self-abnegation along the fractured journey to finding adequate treatment options in Australia.
Outside of healthcare, Indian women living with HIV/AIDS continue to fight against bias and routine discrimination. Their healing and hope comes through collective resistance against a society that sees them as impure.

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