A low-cost, self-sanitising and reusable period pad developed by scientists at Cardiff University has left the lab for ...

What connects a pad box in a Nigerian school, a coalition meeting in Pakistan, and a digital security workshop in Paraguay? They each address a structural barrier that limits women’s participation.

A chef, a disability advocate, a tech executive, a ballerina. They and five other women share what drives and challenges them ...

Charity workers Jane Knoop, Delphine Wolfe and Alekhya Kasi are taking part in the Post Your Pad campaign [Lily-May ...

Stephanie March tells PEOPLE about cofounding GalCare, a manufacturing business creating high-quality menstrual products with ...

If there's one thing I can rely on every single month, it's the feeling of impending dread that arrives just before my period begins. The cramps, the bloating, the general sensation of misery. Some ...

Chemicals found in menstrual products typically are at concentrations low enough to make their health impact unclear. But ...

Indiana could have its early voting period reduced from nearly a month to 16 days under language slipped into an election bill Feb. 16 without public testimony. The amendment to House Bill 1359, which ...

A PAMPANGA-BASED startup is turning to excess textiles to address one of the country’s most persistent waste problems: disposable menstrual pads. Ecopad Gaia produces reusable sanitary pads made from ...

For years, Liliane Ingabire Ntwali endured what many women quietly face; an irritation caused by sanitary pads. What should have been a routine monthly experience often resulted in painful rashes and ...

Sherie de Wet's Palesa Pads are tackling period poverty by providing safe, sustainable alternatives to harmful menstrual ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Many people who menstruate sometimes feel like they have the flu just before or during their period. This phenomenon, commonly called “period flu,” refers to a set of flu-like ...