the womens cell of don bosco college panaji organised an online session on reproductive health concerns in young women for the female staff and students of the college on december 31 2020 from 6pm to 730pm dr tanya chodankar who works for the voluntary health association of goa vhag was the resource person for the programme assistant professor anaitadcosta convener of the sessionintroduced the guest speaker several important topics like menstrual cycles in women ovulation and pain associated with ovulation pms pre menstrual syndrome painful periods menorrhagia heavy bleeding and its causes cultural taboos associated with menstruation menstrual hygiene sexually transmitted infections stis medical termination of pregnancy mtp menstrual abnormalitiescauses of polycystic ovarian syndrome pcos and cervical cancer were covered in great depth during this session the session concluded with dr tanya providingthe participants with essential takeaways pertaining to sexual health practices and the laws and schemes to promote reproductive health care so that girls and women know how to deal with these issues if they crop up salma fernandes of fybamc and priya prabhu of msw were among the students who raised questions about several related health issues all of which handled with indepth responses at a time when health and hygiene are of paramount importance to everyone this session helped young people and those who attended obtain a clearer idea of how they can maintain and promote their health