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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Menstrual Hygiene
Menstrual Hygiene
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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To break taboo associated with menstruation, NGO 'Sachchi Saheli' hosted a lunch event ‘Period Feast’ in which 28 women on periods cooked and served food to more than 300 guests ...
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With an aim to shatter the myths about menstruation, a Delhi based NGO ‘Sachhi Saheli’ is hosting a ‘Period feast’ on February 23 where food will be cooked and served by menstruating women for their families, friends and others ...
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The Garima Abhiyan, a district-wide campaign run by the administration of Simdega district, Jharkhand, is breaking the taboo associated with menstruation by providing its women with eco-friendly sanitary pads ...
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Chirag and Hetal Virani from Surat are using one of the most common agro-waste in India as raw material to develop biodegradable sanitary napkins ...
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The sanitary pads available in the market are polymer-based and result in huge amount of plastic waste which can be avoided by using biodegradable alternatives ...
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The idea of a period emoji was conceived by the UK based non-profit Plan Action, who ran a survey in 2017 in UK to find that shame and stigma still hinder conversations on menstruation ...
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In a bid to promote menstrual hygiene and make sanitary napkins affordable and accessible, the government reduced the price of Suvidha pads sold through 5,500 Jan Aushadhi Kendras across the country by 60 per cent ...
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Dr. Surbhi Singh felt that she needs to use her knowledge for greater good when quit her practice as a gynaecologist to start her NGO, today she’s every school kid in Delhi’s ‘Sachhi Saheli’ ...
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Indian Institute of Technology students are venturing to women hygiene sector with start-ups like Cleanse Right and Sanfe providing solutions for the same ...
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Funds have been sanctioned for Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) to procure a total of 288 pad vending machines to improve menstrual hygiene among women personnel and also install incinerators to scientifically dispose of used sanitary napkins ...
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