This E-commerce Platform Supports Women Entrepreneurs
With work from home increasing acceptance during this pandemic stricken time, many home-based women entrepreneurs showed a positive and courageous ray of hope by rekindling their skills and talent and started making unique products at home - be it baked goods, food items or soaps or handcrafted bags or knitted home utility items. What was missing though was a platform…
Female Condoms, A Great Contraceptive Choice for Indian Youth
For the uninitiated, a female condom is among the various available contraceptive barrier methods available. However it is also the under-utilized one. The female condom — also called an internal condom — is a birth control (contraceptive) device that acts as a barrier to keep sperm from entering the uterus. It is a highly effective contraceptive method that can be inserted vaginally to reduce the risk…
Have You Heard Of Seed Cycling For PCOD?
Polycystic ovary syndrome is a hormonal disorder causing enlarged ovaries with small cysts on the outer edges. The cause of polycystic ovary syndrome isn't well understood but may involve a combination of genetic and environmental factors. Symptoms include menstrual irregularity, obesity, facial hair, acne, skin darkening. I was diagnosed with PCOD in my teens and my gynecologist gave me hormone pills…
It’s 2021, and Dowry Deaths are Still Happening
We would like to think that as civilization progress, we also evolve as better humans. But guess what, a human’s greed knows no bounds. In Indian society (and some other South Asian countries), the practice of giving and taking dowry still exists. A dowry is a transfer of parental property, gifts, property or money upon the marriage of a daughter.…
Besties Turn Business Partners, Start Nightwear Brand
When friends become family, they become closer. The dynamics changes to warmth and comfort. But when friends become business partners, the dynamics result in success and fame. That’s just the story of this nightwear brand Little Eli. Zainab Huzaifa and Meher Kulsum have been besties for what they term, forever. “We did our schooling & college together”, says Zainab. “We…
Are You Shocked by the Recent Statements Made by Some Politicians?
Uttarakhand chief minister Tirath Singh Rawat said at a workshop on substance abuse on Tuesday that 'Ripped jeans' pave the way for societal breakdown and are a result of the “bad example” parents set for children, which also leads to substance abuse. Not the first time that statements by politicians have gone viral and created a stir in the country…
Suicide And The Mental Health Connect In Women
According to World Health Organisation data, the age-standardized suicide rate in India is 16.4 per 100,000 for women (6th highest in the world) and 25.8 for men (ranking 22nd). In a country that has so many suicides every year, mental health is a detrimental factor and gender is another critical determinant of mental health and mental illness. “Many of us have at one time or the…
What Is Birth Trauma And Why Women Need Positive Birth Experiences?
Ask your lady friend about her childbirth experiences and chances are that 8 out of 10 friends will tell you how traumatic the experience was. Most women always talk about how painful, difficult, traumatic their birthing experience was, and as a day they won’t forget in their life. Some are totally unaware of what to expect and are often caught…