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etc. But they should not worry about it. Rather, they should adopt the following measures
during menstruation:
i. If someone has her first menstruation, she should not feel shy and hesitate to express
her problem to her mother, sister or friends. They can provide her right information
and suggestions.
ii. Females should use clean and disinfected sanitary pads or a piece of cloth during
menstruation which they should change regularly.
iii. Females should remain active and do light physical exercise.
iv. She should drink warm liquid and keep her feet warm for sometime.
v. If she has excessive abdominal pain, she can use hot water bag, and take pain killer.

vi. She should take a bath daily and clean the reproductive part after urination.
vii. She should avoid constipation and other complexities.
viii. She should not do heavy works and long travelling, rather she must have proper rest.
ix. She should take balanced diet and avoid spicy and fatty foods.

8.6 Reproductive Right

Reproductive right is an integral part of human right related to the matter of child bearing,
birth spacing, use of contraceptives and other many sex related matters. It is an important
part of human right.
The reproductive right was not a matter of discussion and was not given much priority
before 20 century. In 1968 AD, in Tehran, Iran an International Conference on Human
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Right, the issues regarding number of children and their birth spacing were raised. The
conference has accepted that every individual must have right to determine family size
and maintain birth spacing. Likewise, the International Conference on Population and
Development (ICPD) in 1994 AD, in Cairo, Egypt, as well as Fourth Women’s Conference,
Beijing, China, 1995 AD, had focused on various aspects like females and poverty, health,
violence, economy, human right, environment, communication,etc. for the development of
children and women. In the context of Nepal, a program on safe motherhood was initiated
in 1993 AD. There was generation of awareness on female sexuality and reproductive
health by the international conference “Women sexual and Reproductive Health Right”
on 9th April, 2009 AD in Kathmandu.
An international organization, International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) has
produced a charter on reproductive and sexual rights. This chapter has identified 12 core
rights based on international human rights instrument. Those rights are as follows:
i. Right to life
ii. The right to equality and be free from different forms of discriminations.
iii. Right to privacy

iv. The right of liberty and security of the person

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