In an important step towards improving menstrual hygiene, the western Indian city of Ajmer has become the first in the country to install sanitary napkin vending machines on a large scale. Around of ...

With menstruation a taboo subject in India and sanitary napkins being sold in black poly bags as if it were a shameful item - over two decades ago, one man took it upon himself to make a low-cost ...

Abuja-based journalist, Chidiebere (pseudonym), can still remember her first menstrual period. It came upon her like a bolt from the blue. Chidiebere told The Nation that she had already received some ...