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The “period huts” where thousands of tribal women and girls are banished during their menstruation in the western Indian state of Maharashtra are getting a makeover.

A Mumbai-based charity, Kherwadi Social Welfare Association, is replacing the mostly-dilapidated huts – known as kurma ghar or gaokor – with modern resting homes that have beds, indoor toilets, running water and solar panels for electricity.

But the drive has put the spotlight on the need to fight the stigma associated

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