75 years of independent India: Time for freedom from period shame

This Independence Day CRY calls for demystifying taboos on menstruation and urges everyone to come forward and break the culture of silence …

Adolescent leadership can address menstruation myths

Around 53% girls surveyed in Jharkhand believed that menstrual blood is dirty

Anaemia: India needs social norms-based interventions at every phase of a woman’s life

While behaviour change communication for drug adherence and knowledge of anaemia as a serious disease is needed, challenging detrimental social …

Counselling, social security measures may improve lives of adolescent mothers

Odisha’s Subarnapur district’s ‘Sanjivanee – the new life’ scheme is a slice of relief as it ensures …

Rajasthan MLAs pledge to safeguard adolescent health

Support from elected representatives will play an important role in ensuring that adolescent health is a priority in Rajasthan, say experts

Inequalities in accessing sexual, reproductive healthcare persist: WHO study 

Rates of unintended pregnancies, abortions vary widely within the same region and geographies, it says

National Girl Child Day: HER day, HER way

Fourteen-year-old leads by example, stops child marriage in West Bengal

Investment in girls’ education critical to arrest child marriages in Jharkhand

In Jharkhand, child marriages account for 7.3 per cent of marriages in rural areas and 3 per cent in urban areas

Women’s Day 2024: Strength of a collective in a not-so-silent revolution

Kishori dals or girls’ collective that began in Odisha village is helping ensure girls’ rights

International Women’s Day: How education can rewrite the story of child marriages in India

Adolescent girls are more vulnerable to child marriage as they drop-out of school before completing education. Here’s an attempt at …