It shows a young woman getting out of bed in the morning. In the Morning by A.Rötting (1840)

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Girls were warned that pushing themselves in school during their monthly cycle could cause missed periods (amenorrhea), nervous collapse, “hysteria,” infertility, or even lifelong invalidism.

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She used leaves during her periods not by choice but due to poverty highlighting a crisis we still ignore today.
By Dr. Tahira Kazmi

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Periods, Poverty, And A Forgotten Girl In today’s Pakistan, girls still bleed in silence using leaves, trapped in shame, poverty and forgotten pain

A hidden stench reveals a heartbreaking truth as Razia's story exposes the silent struggles of rural women.
By Dr. Tahira Kazmi

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