In 1989, Romania dropped its infamous policy banning all forms of birth control. But, many women are still finding it impossible to get an abortion, faced with a right-wing …
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Durex Condoms: How Their Teenage Immigrant Inventor Was Forgotten by History
This is the story of Lucian Landau, the forgotten man who invented the technology that made Durex boom.
Illustrations | A Series on Women’s Health by PARI in Collaboration With Population Foundation of India
In 2020, People’s Archive of Rural India worked in collaboration with Population Foundation of India to publish a series on the issue of women's reproductive and sexual health.
Beate Uhse: The Woman Behind the World’s First Sex Shop
In the post world war period, Beate Uhse — a former pilot — would sell brochures and pamphlets on marital hygiene to women in Flensberg, Germany.