A new documentary addresses the stigma of menstruation in India

, a new documentary about women in rural India fighting the stigma of menstruation. Nielsen, a research firm, estimates that around 70% of women in the country cannot afford sanitary products: 300m use unhygienic alternatives like newspapers, dry leaves and cotton rags. In 2018 a ruling by India’s Supreme Court allowing women between the ages of ten and 50 (those considered to be of menstruating age) to visit Sabarimala, a famous Hindu temple in Kerala, enraged many men. are the women who learn to make these cheap sanitary products (pictured).

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