Why Over-The-Counter Emergency Contraceptives Must Stay
A few days ago, news surfaced about the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) planning to recommend a ban on the over-the-counter sales of emergency contraceptive pills […]
What Afreen’s Story Says About Poor Healthcare Funding In India
Two of Delhi’s biggest government hospitals are right in Afreen’s backyard. But her struggle to access healthcare for her husband when he had a stroke underlines why the government needs to spend more on health
Several Schemes, But Bastar’s Adivasi Women Still Remain Highly Anaemic
The acute anaemia crisis in the state is missing from the poll agenda of Chhattisgarh’s political parties
Malnutrition, Poor Rural Public Health Infrastructure Behind Infant and Maternal Deaths In Maharashtra
Sunita Sahebrao Dandekar (28), a Dalit woman from Kharvad village in Hingoli district in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra had to be rushed to Dr. Shankarrao […]
Indian Women Have No Say In Their Own Healthcare. Here Is How That Can Be Changed
Guwahati: One evening, my partner and I were comparing notes after work. “I had to explain the prognosis of a female patient to her next-door neighbour,” […]
‘Untouchable’ After Birth, Uttarakhand’s New Mothers Are Left In Stressful Isolation
At a time when women urgently need rest, support and monitoring, ritual segregation can be dangerous
As LPG Prices Soar, Women Return To Toxic Traditional Stoves
A 51.7% rise in the price of LPG refills between January 2021 and July 2022 has forced women from low-incomes homes to minimise the use of gas stoves
Women Bear The Emotional Burden Of Kashmir’s Infertility Crisis
Aiman Bhat, 39, describes herself as hanth, a pejorative in Kashmiri for childless women. She is an accomplished young woman with a doctorate in humanities but […]
Why India Is Struggling With The Burden Of Teen Pregnancies
The pandemic may have undone decades of work in controlling teen pregnancies, shows a Behanbox analysis: at least 7% of all women aged 15-19 years began […]
Why Women Sugarcane Cutters Of Maharashtra Seek Needless Hysterectomies
Sugarcane cutting is relentless, backbreaking work, say the migrant women workers of Kothi village in Kaij taluka of Maharashtra’s Beed district. You have to hack at […]
A Menstrual Disorder Suffered By Billions of Women Is Still Dismissed Lightly
I always suspected there was something wrong with the way I experience my periods. There were many days that I would feel the onset of PMS […]
Why Climate Impact On Tea Yield Is Making Women Workers Sick
From skin inflammation and blurred vision to respiratory and digestive disorders, women workers in Darjeeling’s tea plantations are struggling with an array of health issues caused […]
Health Workers Can Be Critical In The Campaign Against Domestic Violence
“A pregnant woman has been hit in the stomach by her husband; she is bleeding. There are also marks of assault on her legs and hands. […]
Gujarat’s Rural Hospitals Become Support Centres For Domestic Violence Survivors
The excitement is palpable at the gathering of around 30 women, old and young, seated in a circle at the sub-district hospital in Patan district’s Radhanpura […]
Why India Needs A Targetted And Gendered Education-Job Policy for AIDS Orphans
Tinni* is all of 15 but she is weighed down by many anxieties about her future. She meticulously lists these in her diary: How will she […]
Mass Sterilisation Camps Violate Norms And Fail Women’s Health Needs In Chhattisgarh
On August 26th, 2021, Dr Jibnus Ekta performed tubectomies on 101 women in a span of seven hours between 8 PM and 3 AM, at a […]
Rising Caesarean Births Increase Inequity For Women Among Different Social Groups
Caesarean births are on the rise in almost all Indian states, according to latest available data from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5). In the southern […]
Teen Pregnancies Drop In India, Urban Rural Divide Still High
Teen pregnancies declined in most states and UTs of the country but there continues to be a great divide between rural and urban India according to […]
Menstrual Interventions Vary Across Countries; Still A Long Way To Go
As India announced one of the harshest lockdowns in the world, among the many groups that remained invisible in the government policy announcements were menstruating persons. […]
Cost Of Sugar: Women Cane Cutters In Maharashtra
Neeta (name changed), a cane cutter in one of the many sugarcane farms in Beed district of central Maharashtra, was only in her early 30s when […]
