Thursday 8th         11:00 am to 12:15 pm

Residence of:              Aneeta Malhotra

Guests Welcome

BUSTING TABOOS ON WOMEN’S HEALTH

- STARTING WITH PERIODS -

70% of mothers in India consider menstruation dirty, perpetuating a culture of shame and ignorance. As a result, girls are teased, don’t talk about periods or know if they have an abnormal period.

There are so many important health issues which we don’t talk about —problems women go through from adolescence to old age, such as heavy, painful periods, hormonal problems, fibroids, endometriosis, polycystic ovary syndrome, getting pregnant, post partum depression, cancers, menopause. The more we talk and share and bust the myths the better for all of us.

Dr Rishma Dhillon Pai is the President Elect of the Federation of Obstetric & Gynaecological Societies of India (FOGSI), a renowned IVF expert. She will address what every woman should know about looking after her health, as she enters the mid phase of her life.

Ashok Kurien is one of the Founders of Livinguard, which has created an affordable, hygienic solution for periods for 80% of Indian girls & women who can’t afford sanitary napkins.

Leena Vaid                                                    Rachel Kurien

Anurita Chadha                                            Valerie Almeida