https://lepainitiative.org/projects/https://lepainitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/lepadocusmall.jpglepadocusmall2025-11-01T18:45:22+00:00weekly0.6https://lepainitiative.org/the-team/https://lepainitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pxl_20241010_152403538.portrait.original-1.jpgpxl_20241010_152403538.portrait.original-1https://lepainitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pxl_20241010_152403538.portrait.original.jpgpxl_20241010_152403538.portrait.originalhttps://lepainitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/facebook_-9975758821.jpgDeborah DaudaFounder2025-11-01T18:44:52+00:00weekly0.6https://lepainitiative.org/join-us-2/2025-11-01T18:36:44+00:00weekly0.6https://lepainitiative.org/2019/08/27/menstrualnarratives-the-story-of-catherine-23-years-old-lusaka-gambia-it-started-in-class-and-i-had-no-one-to-tel/2019-08-27T19:15:25+00:00monthlyhttps://lepainitiative.org/2019/08/03/menstrualnarratives-the-story-of-vaish-17-years-old-chennai-india-i-knew-very-vaguely-about-menstruation-i-remember-crying-and-telling-my-dad-that-i-was-bleeding-i-also-remember-hugging/2019-08-03T23:50:16+00:00monthlyhttps://lepainitiative.org/2018/12/31/thank-you-2018-welcome-2019-2/2019-01-01T06:03:36+00:00monthlyhttps://lepainitiative.org/2018/12/31/thank-you-2018-welcome-2019/https://lepainitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_20180420_163301.jpgdigdighttps://lepainitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/4-up-on-8-17-17-at-3.43-PM-2.jpg4-up on 8-17-17 at 3.43 PM #22019-01-01T06:02:53+00:00monthlyhttps://lepainitiative.org/2017/01/03/can-the-postpartum-doula-care-model-improve-a-mothers-psychosocial-wellbeing-and-responsiveness-in-low-and-middle-income-countries-lmics/2018-09-11T06:49:46+00:00monthlyhttps://lepainitiative.org/2018/08/28/menstrualnarratives-storytelling-campaign-2018/2018-08-29T05:47:07+00:00monthlyhttps://lepainitiative.org/2014/06/27/menstrual-narratives-the-story-of-blackbeauty-28yo-accra-my-mum-was-so-happy-she-offered-my-a-boiled-egg/2017-01-15T05:01:36+00:00monthlyhttps://lepainitiative.org/2017/01/03/can-the-postpartum-doula-care-model-improve-a-mothers-psychosocial-wellbeing-and-responsiveness-in-low-and-middle-income-countries-lmics-2/2017-01-04T06:43:14+00:00monthlyhttps://lepainitiative.org/2015/05/28/lets-end-the-hesitation-around-menstruation/https://lepainitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/scharfstein_rebecca-white.jpgScharfstein_Rebecca - whitehttps://lepainitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/deepali.jpgDeepalihttps://lepainitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/lacy.jpgLacyhttps://lepainitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/scharfstein_rebecca-menstruationmatters1.jpgScharfstein_Rebecca - #menstruationmattershttps://lepainitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/aunna.jpgAunnahttps://lepainitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/behringer_allison-menstruationmatters.pngBehringer_Allison - #menstruationmattershttps://lepainitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/scharfstein_rebecca-menstruationmatters.jpgFeatured Image -- 373https://lepainitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ashley.jpgAshey2015-05-28T19:21:18+00:00monthlyhttps://lepainitiative.org/2015/04/19/menstrualnarratives-the-story-of-neelam-38yo-los-angeles-usa-she-told-me-that-the-first-three-days-i-was-considered-impure-and-couldnt-go-to-the-temple-or-touch-the-altar-in-our-home-thi/2015-04-19T21:21:00+00:00monthlyhttps://lepainitiative.org/2015/04/12/why-in-kenya-menstruation-doesnt-have-to-mean-an-end-to-education-for-young-girls/2015-04-13T04:22:25+00:00monthlyhttps://lepainitiative.org/2015/04/12/menstrualnarratives-the-story-of-ukhengching-21yo-chittagong-bangladesh-we-could-not-think-to-share-this-thing-with-our-male-teachers-in-my-family-i-am-so-lucky-that-this-thing-is-not-stigmat/2015-04-13T04:18:21+00:00monthlyhttps://lepainitiative.org/2014/11/18/how-do-sanitary-kits-boost-up-the-quality-of-girls-education-in-somalia/https://lepainitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc00530.jpgDSC00530https://lepainitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/the-one1.jpgthe onehttps://lepainitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/complete-kit.jpgComplete Kithttps://lepainitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/tt.jpgtthttps://lepainitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/the-one.jpgFeatured Image -- 355https://lepainitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/on1.jpgon1https://lepainitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc01067.jpgDSC010672014-11-18T20:23:14+00:00monthlyhttps://lepainitiative.org/2014/11/18/lets-talk-about-power-violence-and-men-in-crisis/2014-11-18T20:16:24+00:00monthlyhttps://lepainitiative.org/2014/11/18/in-search-of-the-menstruating-goddess/https://lepainitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_2710.jpgSmt. Devika Devi gifts us the auspecious Menstrual Cloth of the Goddesshttps://lepainitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_2723.jpgThis is the Udayada (inner skirt) worn by the Goddess when she is believed to be menstruatinghttps://lepainitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_26881.jpgVyjayanthi and me at the Mahadevar temple, Chengannurhttps://lepainitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_2703.jpgThe Mahadevar Temple in Chengannur, where the Goddess Parvathy is believed to Menstruatehttps://lepainitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_2705.jpgThe Supreme Priest of Sabarimala and his wife, Smt. Devika Devi, at their residence in Chengannurhttps://lepainitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_2707.jpgVyjayanthi and I in conversation with Smt. Devika Devi and her husbandhttps://lepainitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_2688.jpgFeatured Image -- 345https://lepainitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_20141118_230107.jpgThe document published by the Sree Mahadevar Temple in 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