A Controversial Solution To Menstrual Exile: Building Better Menstrual Huts

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Menstrual exile is practiced in some villages in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, including where Chetana Madavi lives. Every month when she gets her period, the 29-year-old makes her way to this mud hut with no toilet and a broken door.





Chetana Medavi



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Chetana Medavi





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A nonprofit group in India is building safer, more comfortable menstrual huts. Left: An interior view. Right: Khushi Kirange, 17, and Phoolawanti Gangu Kova, in her 40, outside the new menstruation hut.





Amol Thaware



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Amol Thaware



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