Jaipur, May 28 (IANS) On the occasion of Menstrual Hygiene Day, former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has written to Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma, urging the immediate and effective resumption of the free sanitary napkin distribution programme under the Udan scheme. In his letter, Gehlot expressed concern over the prolonged disruption of the scheme and highlighted the serious impact on the health and dignity of girls and women across Rajasthan.He stated that the unavailability of sanitary napki…
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New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday directed all states and Union Territories (UTs) to ensure implementation of its directions on menstrual hygiene management in schools by August 15, and file compliance reports, as it continued to monitor compliance of its landmark ruling recognising access to menstrual hygiene as a fundamental right. A Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan indicated that the matter would be taken up again in September to review the status of compli…
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) A petition challenging Pakistan’s taxation of menstrual products as “luxury products” has drawn national attention but campaigners opined that a court victory may not by itself deliver a meaningful, lasting change, a new report has said.”Taxing menstrual products compounds inequality by attaching a recurring cost to a biological function that affects women and gendered bodies almost exclusively,” the report from Express Tribune said, particularly calling out Pakistan…
Mumbai, March 22 (IANS) Actress Parineeti Chopra has revealed that she has a crush on her co-actor. Yes, in her latest post, the ‘Kesari’ actress admitted that she has a crush on the latest actor she is working with. However, Parineeti’s crush is none other than her politician husband, Raghav Chadha.On Sunday, she took to the Stories section of her official Instagram account and shared a photo of a vanity van with the name “Raghav Chadha” on the door.The text read, “Sometimes you can have a crus…
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) The Supreme Court’s recognition of menstrual hygiene as a right to life is a landmark step for women’s dignity and stigma-free education, said public health experts on Saturday.The apex court, on Friday, ruled that access to menstrual hygiene is an integral part of a girl child’s right to life, dignity, health, and education.A Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan, while observing that “a period should end a sentence – not a girl’s education,” sta…
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday held that access to menstrual hygiene is an integral part of a girl child’s right to life, dignity, health and education, and issued a comprehensive set of mandatory directions to all states and UTs (union territories) to ensure free sanitary napkins, functional gender-segregated toilets and menstrual health awareness in every school across the country. A Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan, while observing that “a period sho…
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Vaccination, screening and early treatment are crucial to fight cervical cancer, which is causing the death of a woman every eight minutes in India, said health experts on Friday.January is observed globally as Cervical Cancer awareness month.Cervical cancer is caused by the Human Papillomavirus (HPV). The virus infects the cervix, which is the mouth of the uterus. While HPV infection does not mean cancer, it requires testing or screening to see if it has caused changes i…