Ruby Raut: We Have To Get Comfortable Talking About Periods

Ruby Raut: We Have To Get Comfortable Talking About Periods

On this week’s episode of Period Story, I had the pleasure of speaking to Ruby Raut, a Nepali-born environmentalist and the co-founder and CEO of WUKA, the UK’s first reusable period underwear brand.


In this episode, Ruby shares:


  • How she ended up using reusable period products from her very first period
  • The impact of the Nepalese practice of chhaupadi and how she felt treated almost like an untouchable
  • How menstrual taboos impacted her education and how she was able to go on to gain a degree in environmental sciences
  • Why having access to clean toilets and water can impact your experience of menstruation
  • The impact of single use menstrual products in the UK - over 200,000 tons of disposable tampons and pads are sent to UK landfills each year
  • How using one pair of period underwear replaces 196 pads or tampons going to the landfill
  • Why Wuka supports grassroots sports and how they got 6,000 girls into sports in 2025
  • And of course, the story of her first period


Ruby says that when we talk to young people about periods in a way that is accessible to them, we take the embarrassment out of these conversations.


Thank you, Ruby!


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