Menstruation researcher and educator Chella Quint explains how to make your own pads from scratch at home. You’re now subscribed to all our newsletters. You can manage your subscriptions at any ...

For the next hour, she sews cotton, waterproof lining, and flannels to make reusable sanitary pads. In this school in Lilongwe, Malawi, periods are not a taboo topic that divides the girls from ...

and shared guides to making reusable pads at home. Dozens of hashtags about the topic, such as “black-hearted pads” and “Is it so hard for sanitary pad producers to meet women’s needs?” ...

A group of women in Kenya use pedal power to drive their sewing machines so they can make washable period pads. Each brightly coloured pad is unique and they are a lifeline for these women living ...

More than 85,000 packs of free period products have been given out as part of a government scheme, Deputy Lyndsay Feltham has ...

A reusable cup costs more upfront but often costs less over time than tampons and pads ... loop tab on the end to make removal easier. You clean and take care of menstrual discs the same ...

In March 2020 she started the Pachamama Project to make reusable sanitary pads, sewn by volunteers, for refugees. She says she's seen more people coming forward to help since the Ukraine crisis began.