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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Menstrual Hygiene
Menstrual Hygiene
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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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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