Hyderabad: Artistes come together to break silence around menstruation- The Hans India
As featured in The Hans India on 24 May, 2022…
Hyderabad: Breaking the silence around menstruation, a city-based NGO, Youngistaan Foundation along with UNICEF organized an event observing menstrual hygiene month at Lamakaan to spread awareness on creating a period positive environment for menstruators with over 100 members of an inter-generational, gender-inclusive audience using art, culture, satire, and humor as tools.
Addressing the gathering, poet Rana Khan said, “Living in the 21st century, people are still shy away from talking about periods. The oppressive burden of myths and stigma has overpowered the menstruators and their immediate audience so much that they are forced to stay silent to initiate a dialogue about periods.” Krishna from Hyderabad Arts and Culture Community (HACC) stressed sustainable menstruation, the natural process of periods through their poems before stand-up comedian Roshni Rao took the stage to get those in attendance laughing by highlighting the normalized talk around period stigma.
Later, the Hyderabad Storytellers Association (HYSTA), a collective of storytellers performed a tandem act focusing on menstrual education. During the event, the audience shared how they were shunned by their family members while speaking about their period of grief, men shared their experience of learning new things about menstrual hygiene and thanked the organisers for creating a carefree environment.
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