If you had no idea what you were looking at the first time you ever saw a period product, then you will relate on an emotional level to this eight-year-old girl very confused by a menstrual pad. While ...

While I was in Nairobi a couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to visit the Huru International center in Mukuru, one of the city's biggest slums, home to an estimated 600,000 people. In Mukuru, a ...

In many stores across India, shopkeepers wrap maxi pads in black polythene. If they don’t have that, the products go in a small carton or brown paper bag. Absent those, “we try hiding it while walking ...

Elizabeth Scharpf is a force. She has a stack of diplomas and a downright intimidating resume. Scharpf, 38, studied at Notre Dame, spent two years researching the Austrian healthcare system on a ...

Making fun of “feminine product” ads is entry-level ad criticism. The blue water used to demonstrate the tampon or pad’s ability to absorb “liquid” (no mention of blood, of course)? The tendency of ...