as strong as the health of their women.” — Michelle Obama Don’t enter the kitchen! Don’t enter the temple. Don’t touch the pickles. Don’t come in contact with men. Don’t swim. Don’t wash your hair. These are some of the strictures still in place for women during their monthly period in parts of India, where old wives’ tales about women’s impurity during menstruation persist. Based on a recent study by a sanitary towel manufacturer found that 75% of women living in cities still buy their
Globally, approximately 52% of the female population (26% of the total population) is of reproductive age. Most of these women and girls will menstruate each month for between two and seven days. Menstruation is an integral and normal part of human life, indeed of human existence, and menstrual hygiene is fundamental to the dignity and wellbeing of women and girls and an important part of the basic hygiene, sanitation and reproductive health services to which every woman and girl has a right. Hygiene-related
is not only about herbs, it includes other medical substance such as mineral substances (Schoenbart & Shefi 2007). Chinese herbs are used to: • Increase your energy • Decrease pain • Decrease cold and flu symptoms • Improve your sleep • Regulate menstrual
Using an ovulation kit around noon time helps predict this period, which yields a positive result. However, some women have irregular cycles and negative results are often seen when this ovulation kit is used. Consultation with a doctor may be needed to help find out the timing of their LH surge. Why is the LH Surge Important? A positive LH surge result signals that a woman can
In The Handmaid’s Tale Offred is taught to fear her menstrual cycle due to the fact that the Commander has placed that fear in her by the example of punishing others “Each month I watch for blood, fearfully, for when it comes it means
the fulfilment of her inner self that is beyond and above socially accepted norms. Naren appreciates the stories written by Indu. He encourages her to resume her career as a journalist and to reproduce the experiences related with the frustration of women. Indu as a writer in the process of narration of the apathy of human experience becomes aggressive and violent. She unknowingly identifies herself with those experiences and perceives the reflections of her own helplessness. From an “Outsider” she
place in life increases the risk of violence and exploitation and endangers their health. Early marriage is an illegal marriage between two individuals under the age of 18. This is contrary to human rights. In Islam, women are full members of the Muslim community. However the role of women was discriminated from ancient times. It is said that women’s area is taboo for visitors. This came from
nature’s cabinate.] [BYLINE] NATALIE KIMANI [PULLQUOTE] Your kitchen holds many a secret that could cause relief. Food may satiate hunger but it can also be used for self-medication; and not in the chocolate-binge kind of way. Many of the daily issues women go through can be aided through the natural goodness such as vitamins and minerals, that are found in whole foods. Ms. Polyne Mburu, Nutritional and Lifestyle Counselor, gives us expert advice on how our food can be our medicine too. The problem:
Bulging Stomach and how to control it Do you notice that extra bit of your tummy hanging out making you look disfigured every time you eat starchy foods like rice or potatoes? Or have you ever heard people asking you whether you are pregnant even though pregnancy is a far distant story for you? Bulging stomach and tummy problems have become very common these days due to the changing lifestyle to which slowly all of us are getting adapted to. The stomach seems to be distended to its complete capacity
Spatial (in)justice Space in geography is often considered as land and can be related to ownership usage. Soja (2010) says that when we think about space critically, the socio-spatial dialectic has to be considered which indicates that the society shapes the space in which they live in and the space shapes society. He elaborates that if we take the socio-spatial dialectic genuinely, it means that we acknowledge that the geographies we live in can have good and bad consequences in everything that