Menstrual Hygiene Day 2024

Updated May 22, 2025
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Period power : a manifesto for the menstrual movement
Okamoto, Nadya
Paper Book
PERIOD founder and Harvard College student Nadya Okamoto offers a manifesto on menstruation and why we can no longer silence those who bleed--and how to engage in youth activism. Throughout history, periods have been hidden from the public. They're taboo. They're...
Blood : the science, medicine, and mythology of menstruation
Gunter, Jen
Paper Book
"This book is the brilliant and long needed corrective that we have waited for, since the first time we stuffed a box of pads into a three-ply paper bag and slunk out of a pharmacy. Never again." --Samantha Bee New York Times bestselling author of The...
Period : the real story of menstruation
Clancy, Kathryn B. H.
Paper Book
A bold and revolutionary perspective on the science and cultural history of menstruation Menstruation is something half the world does for a week at a time, for months and years on end, yet it remains largely misunderstood. Scientists once thought of an individual's period as...
The cycle book : an interactive step-by-step guide to tracking hormones and knowing your body
Federico, Laura
Paper Book
A revolutionary, must-have approach to tracking and charting your hormonal cycles--a necessary guide in the pursuit of understanding your own body Millions of people track their cycles on apps because it's a convenient way to know when your next period is likely coming. But those...
Sex matters : how male-centric medicine endangers women's health and what we can do about it
McGregor, Alyson J.
Paper Book
Get the right care for your body -- and avoid treatments that can endanger women -- with this important manual from a physician who is a leading expert on sex and gender medicine. Sex Matters tackles one of the most urgent, yet unspoken issues...
All in her head : the truth and lies early medicine taught us about women's bodies and why it matters today
Comen, Elizabeth
Paper Book
Finalist for the 2025 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award USA Today Bestseller "All in Her Head accomplishes a remarkable feat of storytelling. By combining essential medical histories about women's bodies with all the narrative propulsion of a medical thriller,...
Diagnosis female : how medical bias endangers women's health
Dwass, Emily
Paper Book
Why do so many women have trouble getting effective and compassionate medical treatment? Diagnosis Female examines this widespread problem, with a focus on misdiagnosis and gender bias. The book zeroes in on specialties where women are more likely to encounter particularly troubling roadblocks:...

In rural India, where the stigma of menstruation persists, women make low-cost sanitary pads on a new machine and stride toward financial independence.


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