Culture

So, why talk with men and boys about menstruation?  The answer is simple: because one-sided conversations are not as effective as a two-way dialogue when it comes to change-making!  Boys and men [...]

*As I’m speaking from personal experience this article mentions moms.  However, I do want to acknowledge that fathers too have a valuable opinion. No one ever forgets the day they pulled down [...]

“Period.  End of Sentence.”  A 26 minute documentary that looks at women in an Indian village who are donated a sanitary pad-making machine.  More recently, the film is making waves for having [...]

  “It is important to examine the language we use, or the language that we have been forbidden to use, and question how it is instrumental in constructing how we think about our body [...]

Men in menstruation – are we addressing the elephant in the room? Conversations with men can reveal a lot… “Women never include us in menstruation matters. They talk in whispers and codes [...]

Continuing the conversation Padman: it hardly needs an introduction.  The film, inspired by the life of Arunachalam Muruganantham, has punched a long overdue, pad sized hole in a subject [...]

  This weekend, the Saraswati (or Ayudha) puja takes place across India. As per the mythological stories, it was on this day (29th September) that the Goddess Saraswati created powerful [...]

From 5th – 20th July 2017, Kathy Walking, Nikethana Venkatesan and Mamta Kandari represented Eco Femme, Auroville on a visit to Zanskar Valley, Ladakh in collaboration with Roots [...]

Our newest volunteer, Ximena, is from Argentina…so we decided to have a Spanish week! She shares her personal experiences below. Stay tuned over on our social media all week to learn more! [...]

  You may have heard the acronym ‘GST’ being used extensively over the past month or so, especially if you live here in India. Goods and Services Tax (GST) is an indirect tax [...]