Education

 by Kalvi Karunanithy and Kathy Walkling.   First of all, let’s understand what period tracking is. Period tracking is a powerful tool to become familiar with your menstrual cycle. We [...]

By Susana Bustos (Eco Femme’s Graphic designer)   I started tracking my cycle one year ago with some reservations. I was used to using birth control pills to take care of my fertility but I [...]

In December 2020, Colonel Piyush Srivastava from National Cadet Corps (NCC), Puducherry approached us to explore a collaboration to offer menstrual health education and train young women cadets [...]

It was exactly one year back when we had this idea to distribute sanitary pads to women in the Limi Valley as the lockdown had made it hard for them to access essential goods. Limi Valley is a [...]

The pandemic has been an eye-opener for many of us. It slowed down the pace of life and gave us a space to reconsider our choices and their impacts on our immediate environment and the planet as [...]

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 [...]

It was a first for me when girls were paraded around almost in a walk of shame, simply because of a stain.  It was a first for me when we were applauded about talking in whispers about Stayfree [...]

  Eco Femme Pad for Pad facilitator and trainer Nikethana, shares her reflections on giving menstrual health education sessions to girls and women around India. I have been working as a part [...]

Dear Friends, we are posting regarding our Pad for Pad programme, which you may already be aware of.   Pad for Pad: Passing on the power of informed choice. Through this programme, we [...]

Eco Femme has been cultivating a strong relationship with the Tibetan community in India with ambassadors such as Kalsang Dolma and Pema Llamo leading the work. Read about our recent visit to [...]