Menstruation
Menstrual Inequity
Pink Tax
Menstrual Inequity
Bollywood
100
The natural process of discharging blood and tissue of the uterine lining once a cycle in response to the lack of fertilization of an egg by sperm.
What is Menstruation?
100
Pricing, availability, and social stigmas
What are the possible barriers to access to proper feminine care products?
100
Discriminatory pricing that inflates the cost of goods marketed to women.
What is the pink tax?
100
Menstrual equity refers to equal and comprehensive access to menstrual hygiene products, and to the right to education about reproductive health, which both removes barriers to care and reduces stigma surrounding it.
What is menstrual equity?
100
Highest-paid Bollywood actor/actress.
Who is Shah Rukh Khan?
200
When ovarian follicles mature and endometrial/ hormonal changes which causes bloating, cramps, and nausea.
What is the follicular phase?
200
12% of the Indian population, about 42.6 MILLION people.
How many people cannot afford period producrs?
200
In the 1990s 64% of stores in several major cities charged more to iron a woman's blouse than a man's button-up with no reason other than the gender of the wearer.
Where can we trace the beginnings of the pink tax?
200
SPREAD AWARENESS - educate, dispel myths
What is one to help this issue?
200
Youngest actress to win Best Actress award
Who is Dimple Kapadia?
300
When the uterine lining and cervical mucus thicken following ovulation.
What is the Luteal phase?
300
1 in 10 women across 12 countries drop out and sacrifice their education to take care of themselves.
What is the response to the lack of water and sanitation facilities?
300
Dry-cleaning or tailoring, toys or equipment marketed to girls, razors, shampoos, and deodorants.
What other products does the pink tax spread to other than just feminine care products?
300
Women are not a large part of any type of government in India, and therefore do not have any power to make decisions that would take into account the experiences of people who menstruate.
How is a lack of decision-making power an obstacle for menstrual equity?
300
Movie that took 16 years to be completed.
What is Pakeezah?
400
Increased stress levels and diet changes.
Why has the average age of beginning menstruation been lowered overtime?
400
Stigma, high cost of menstrual products, lack of water and sanitation facilities, lack of information and education, and lack of decision-making power.
What are the reasons for menstrual inequity?
400
High sales taxes on feminine hygiene products on top of already high price costs.
What is the period tax?
400
Change the categorization of feminine care products from “luxury goods” to “hygienic necessities”
What are possible solutions to this issue?
400
Which Bollywood actor was a barista at Starbucks while attending Indiana University?
Who is Ranvir Singh?
500
What is a diva cup?
500
Considered impure or dirty, people fear they will contaminate/infect others and thus are sent to seclusion.
What is the main stigma for menstruation in India?
500
Intentionally discriminatory products and price sensitivity.
What are the reasons given for the pink tax?
Intentionally discriminatory products caused by marketing and increased tariffs on international imports of women's products. Women are also thought to be less sensitive to the price of products so they will spend more money.
500
32 percent of girls said they were aware of menstruation before they got their first period, and many were shocked and afraid.
How has the lack of information and education about menstruation affected Bangladesh?
500
She started acting at the age of 4 as a child actor.
Who is Sridevi?