During Menstruation Month the Alpha Woman Street Team braved the heat and took to the streets to find out what kind of things women hear when they’re on their period. We took those and the ...
During Menstruation Month at Alpha Woman, a sister intern Anvi Sethi and I reviewed two very different period products – the environmentally friendly biodegradable Ruth pads and the Sofy Center-in pads – with a focus ...
Menstrual cups have been around for nearly a century. Invented in the 1930s, this sustainable period product only recently gained popularity. And with the rise of menstrual cups came the DivaCup. A mother-daughter duo founded ...
This menstruation month at Alpha Woman, our Street Team went around the UBC Vancouver campus conducting pop quizzes with the intent to help educate and debunk a few myths around menstruation. How many times have ...
Organizations and governments are playing a huge role in pioneering period positivity. What steps are multinationals, NGOs, and governments taking for promoting menstrual hygiene management (MHM) and eradicating Period Poverty? What more can they do ...
Period cramps suck. Even at their mildest, it can often feel like tiny knives slowly slicing at your uterus. And at their worst, it feels like a fatal heart attack charging at your abdomen. Not ...
July is menstruation month at Alpha Woman. We’ve been exploring how people around the world menstruate, the impact of period poverty, how girls and women around the world are educated about their periods and more. ...
Menstruation, even in the 21st century, is still taboo. It doesn’t matter where you’re from or how liberal you believe your thinking is, bodily fluids exerted by a menstruator once a month is more shocking ...
Periods are no fun. They’re painful, distressing and come with a slew of other negative side effects and social stigmas. The social stigma around menstruation can make finding resources difficult. Many people try to avoid ...
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