Health

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

Contraceptive methods in Afghanistan: Taboo, lack of access and limited awareness

Roya Musawi

Period poverty is a growing problem in Australia and something needs to be done about it

World Menstrual Hygiene Day 2023.

Daisy Dumas

Undiagnosed, Misdiagnosed and Forgotten

The state of ADHD in women and girls.

Natasha Spencer-Jolliffe

It’s time we talked about periods: The case for standardised menstrual education in schools

Brought to you this Menstrual Hygiene Day by Missing Perspectives and Moxie.

Phoebe Saintilan

In one of the worst flood-affected regions of India, women lack access to basic resources

Brought to you by MECCA M-Power

Sanskrita Bharadwaj

The “bucket of women’s pain:” Hyperemesis gravidarum and why it's time we started paying attention

Esther Linder

“It’s the Decade of Her – of moving sport forward:” Interview with Nike's Seema Simmons

Hannah Diviney

Periods don’t stop for floods, so why do we forget the menstruators?

Brought to you by MECCA M-Power

Kashvi Chandok

The brave Somali woman shunned by her community for taking women living with HIV/AIDS into her home

For most Somalis, AIDS and HIV are a complete taboo. They shun those living with the disease and some health workers refuse to treat them.

Missing Perspectives

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Self test pap-smear: A less invasive choice for women

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