Anyone who understands the width and breadth of the conversation about access to sanitary products is unlikely to meet it with derision or disdain. New Zealand President, Jacinda Ardern is one such person. New Zealand has joined a presently tiny, albeit growing, number of countries working to ensure free access to sanitary products for women... Read More

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May 6, 2013

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“My friends were getting their periods and I hadn’t” – Hope rises for woman born with no womb

A woman born without a uterus could be become the first in Britain to have a womb transplant enabling her to have children. Sophie Lewis, 28, from London, has MRKH syndrome, a rare disease which affects one in 5,000 women and prevents the uterus from developing. But thanks to a remarkable medical advance, she is now... Read More

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May 4, 2013

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Menstruation Facts: 12 things you may not know about your period

by Christina Huffington If you want to view VICE’s 2012 photo series “There Will Be Blood,” you have to confirm you are over 18 years old. The series is neither violent — as its title might imply — nor sexualized, so why the NSFW label? Because the photographer, Emma Arvida Bystrom, captured women visibly menstruating while engaging in otherwise ordinary... Read More

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