Sharjah is the UAE's third-largest city and, with Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah, Fujairah and Umm Al Quwain, home to well over two million people. Yet almo...
Read moreReusable cloth pads have gone from a niche product to a serious option, and the case for them is usually made on two grounds: waste and money. Both...
Read morePostpartum bleeding is the part of giving birth that nobody puts in the hospital bag list until the week before. It lasts for weeks, not days, it i...
Read moreNight leaks are the reason most women in the UAE own two kinds of pad. Daytime is manageable: you change every few hours and you are upright. At ni...
Read moreWalk into any Carrefour, Lulu or Life Pharmacy in the UAE and the pad aisle holds fifteen or more brands. They look alike, the packs make similar p...
Read moreA motion sensor sanitary pad vending machine dispenses a pad when someone waves a hand under the sensor. No coins, no card, no touching a button. S...
Read morePanty liners are the most-used and least-discussed product in period care. Many women wear one every day of the month, yet the choice usually comes...
Read moreBamboo has moved from towels and bedsheets into period care, and in the Gulf it is the natural fibre that makes the most sense. It wicks faster tha...
Read moreMost pad advertising is about absorbency: how much the pad holds, how fast it locks fluid away. In the UAE that is the wrong thing to optimise for....
Read moreWalk down the feminine care aisle in any Dubai supermarket and you will see thirty products that all look the same from a metre away. They are not ...
Read moreSanitary pads are a fixed monthly cost for around half the population, and in the UAE the price for the same product can vary by 40% depending on w...
Read moreA sanitary bin is the least glamorous item on a facilities list and the one most likely to generate complaints when it is missing, full or wrong. E...
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