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Pakistan’s 40% ‘period tax’ challenged by young lawyer in the Supreme Court: How far behind is the Nation on menstrual hygiene?

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Omar argues that these taxes, both direct and indirect, make sanitary pads unaffordable for millions of women, especially those living in poverty or rural areas.
Crime

Shameful act at Haryana’s MD University: Female sanitation staff forced by two male bosses to remove clothes, show pads to ‘prove’ menstruation, suspended after...

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A disturbing and shameful incident has come to light from Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU) in Rohtak, Haryana. Four women who work as sanitation staff...
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Schoolgirls scolded, insulted and made to remove clothes for ‘periods examination’ in Thane: Principal and staff booked under POCSO

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A school in Thane allegedly stripped nearly 10 girls to check if they were menstruating after blood stains were found in the toilet. The incident triggered protests from parents, leading to arrests and bookings under the POCSO Act.
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‘Which gay man without a uterus has a menstrual cycle?’ Smriti Irani to RJD MP Manoj Jha’s question on menstrual hygiene for the LGBTQIA...

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Union Minister Smriti Irani responded to RJD MP Manoj Jha who sought menstrual hygiene for members of LGBTQIA community.
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Uttar Pradesh women teachers association demands 3-day ‘period leave’ every month citing poor condition of toilets in schools

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Uttar Pradesh Mahila Shikshak Sangh - a newly formed organisation- has sought three-day "period leave" every month for the women teachers
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Gujarat: FIR filed against college principal and warden for allegedly forcing 64 female students to strip to prove they were not menstruating

OpIndia Staff -
FIR filed against principal, warden and others of Gujarat college for forcibly striping students to check whether they are menstruating
Media

‘We need to recognise that we have a right to pray, not desecrate’: Smriti Irani when asked about Sabarimala

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Her statement appears to have been taken out of context
News Reports

Price of misplaced activism: Post GST exemption, manufacturing cost of sanitary napkins up

OpIndia Staff -
The government gave into popular activism and exempted sanitary napkins from GST

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