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===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ||
In Bahrain, the most common form of menstrual products is pads or pantyliners. While tampons are sold, they are less readily available and less commonly used by women. You can read a 2015 [https://girlaotea.wordpress.com/2015/06/02/where-are-all-the-tampons/blog post here], about a foreigner women trying to find tampons in Bahrain. There are some small-scale sellers of alternative menstrual products, like menstrual cups, but they are not common. You can read a [http://www.onearabvegan.com/2016/08/divacup-review/ blog post here] about a local woman in Bahrain who uses a DivaCup (menstrual cup). | |||
===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ||
* Regarding menstrual cups, you may be able to find DivaCup at Organic Foods & Café in Seef Mall.<ref>[http://menstrualcupmap.com/ Menstrual Cup Map]</ref> | * In Bahrain, the most common form of menstrual products are pads/pantyliners. You should be able to find them in supermarkets, pharmacies, and online shops. | ||
* While tampons are less common than pads, you can find them sold in Bahrain at certain supermarkets, pharmacies, and online stores. For example, you can find tampons sold online at [https://www.nasserpharmacy.com/bh-en/lil-lets-tampon-regular-10s-4820-61758 Nasser Pharmacy] and [https://www.wafiapps.com/tampons Wafi], both which are online retailers that specially provide for the Bahraini market. You can also find organic tampons sold through online vendors, such as [https://www.iherb.com/search?kw=organic+tampons iHerb], [https://bahrain.desertcart.com/search/organic%20tampons Desert Cart], and [https://www.ubuy.com.bh/en/search/?q=organic%2Btampons UBuy]. | |||
* Regarding menstrual cups, you may be able to find DivaCup at Organic Foods & Café in Seef Mall.<ref>[http://menstrualcupmap.com/ Menstrual Cup Map]</ref> You can also find menstrual cups sold through online retailers, such as [https://www.iherb.com/search?kw=menstrual+cup iHerb] (which sells DivaCup and Lunette), [https://www.ubuy.com.bh/en/search/?q=menstrual%2Bcup UBuy] (which sells DivaCup, LENA, Blossom, Dutchess, Athena, etc) and [https://bahrain.desertcart.com/search/menstrual%20cup Desert Cart] (which sells DivaCup and MoonCup). | |||
* You can also find alternative menstrual products, such as menstrual cups, sold in [[Dubai]]. | |||
===Costs=== | ===Costs=== | ||