The casual reference to menstruation in a hit show like “The Last of Us” is a step to breaking this “taboo” about talking about the monthly cycle experienced by 1.8 billion women, more than a fifth of the world’s population. It's 2021 and women around the world are still struggling to safely manage their periods (Credit Image: © Skanda Gautam/ZUMA Wire) Skanda Gautam/Zuma Dinesh Bikram Shah the president of the society says they have already made 800 pieces and their target is 1000 before the relief of pads. The volunteers have been utilizing the lockdown time to make sanitary pads producing around 80 pieces a day for the past two weeks to distribute to the needy around different parts of Nepal. June 6, 2020, Kathmandu, Nepal: A volunteer of Mirmirey Youth Society stitches cloth to make reusable sanitary pads at Sinamangal in Kathmandu, Nepal on Saturday, June 06, 2020. Speaking to CNN on Monday, Lakhani said we belong to a “throwaway society,” where if something like a sanitary product is reusable, it isn’t considered hygienic.
Shirin Lakhani, a former general practitioner, now a cosmetic doctor and women’s sexual health specialist based in Kent, southeast England. Menstrual cups are not a new invention – in fact, they have been around since the 1930s.īut a 2019 analysis published in the medical journal The Lancet Public Health found that that only 30% of the observed 69 international websites offering materials on puberty mentioned them a an option. Nye says this makes it a better option from both an environmental and a financial point of view. It should be given a deeper clean between periods.Ī menstrual cup can go up to 12 hours before being emptied (depending on how heavy the menstrual flow is and the type of cup) and can last up to 10 years. The cup is then rinsed or wiped with toilet paper before being reinserted. When it is full, it can be emptied directly into the toilet. The cup has a stem underneath that helps with insertion and removal. A cup can go for up to 12 hours before needing to be emptied.
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