Bent over her hand-crank sewing machine, Hajra Bibi carefully stitches sanitary pads for the women of her mountainous village in northwestern Pakistan, one of many rural areas in the deeply conservative country where periods are still taboo.

Myths and menstruation: Overcoming Pakistan's period taboo

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Myths and menstruation: Overcoming Pakistan's period taboo