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 embarrassing....
All in her head : the truth and lies early medicine taught us about women's bodies and why it matters today
Comen, Elizabeth
Ebook
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
Ebook
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:...
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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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