Prompted by the rising sanitary waste, the students of Zilla Parishad High School (ZPHS) Mulkalapally of Telangana have made organic sanitary pads using water hyacinth, fenugreek, turmeric, neem and basil seeds ...
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Menstrual Hygiene
According to the new rules, period products will be available to access in public buildings including schools and universities across Scotland ...
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Delhi-based NGO Sachhi Saheli organised a unique New Age Kanya Pooja, where they worshipped girls who menstruate along with those who don’t, to break the stigma surrounding menstruation being impure ...
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Independence Day 2020: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation from Red Fort and touched upon numerous themes including women empowerment ...
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Because of the lockdown, many people have lost their livelihood and now more than ever, economically poor families are reluctant to spend on sanitary pads which is why a lot of girls and young women are going back to their previous ways of handling periods by using rags ...
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The Everteen menstrual hygiene survey was conducted among nearly 7,000 Indian women participating from various cities of India including Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chandigarh, and others ...
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Celebrities came forward to put a stop against period shaming, join #RedDotChallenge kick-started by the United Nations Children's Fund ...
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As part of its project WASH (Women Sanitation hygiene), Dehradun based NGO Humans For Humanity is creating awareness about menstruation, menstrual hygiene, and teaching people to produce reusable sanitary napkin kits and earn from the same ...
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This Menstrual Hygiene Day, members of SWaCH Pune, a cooperative of waste collectors and waste pickers would like to bring the attention of people on the health hazards faced by them on a daily basis while handling erratically disposed sanitary and menstrual waste ...
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While the nation is living under a coronavirus induced lockdown and fighting COVID-19, girls in East Singhbhum district of Jamshedpur are waging a war to maintain menstrual hygiene ...
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According to experts, while the distribution of sanitary napkins among young girls is an important start, there is a need to go beyond menstrual products and focus on menstrual health of women from all age groups ...
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To raise awareness about menstrual hygiene management and help women follow healthy practices during menstruation, a 34 –year-old women from Srinagar started an initiative which provides free sanitary products to poor women in the city ...
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