“At the end of the day, I just want to do my bit for the environment and society”, says Nisha Nazre, explaining about her inspiration behind coming up with a zero-pollution incinerator ...
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Menstrual Hygiene
Menstrual Hygiene
To promote menstrual hygiene, 30 packets of sanitary pads were distributed in Hailakandi Jail by the district administration ...
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As many as 5.13 lakh girls in the age group 11-14 years dropped from schools in 2018-19 in Uttar Pradesh due to inadequate facilities in schools related to sanitation and menstrual hygiene ...
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Dipti’s first meeting with menstruation and her husband’s dedication towards the cause made her undertake the cause of menstrual hygiene and turn into a ‘padwoman’ ...
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About 140 police stations throughout Mumbai are set to receive sanitary napkin vending machines as part of the Mumbai Police welfare initiative ‘Smart Maitrin’ project ...
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Menstrual Hygiene in India: Ditch The Plastic And Go For Eco-Friendly Sanitary Products, Say Experts
As menstrual hygiene is slowly gaining a place in the mainstream discourse and the stigma around it breaking, here is what experts suggest on having healthy and eco-friendly periods ...
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On International Women’s Day, a sanitary pad manufacturing unit was launched at Jail number 6 of Tihar Jail in Delhi, for the production of low cost, biodegradable sanitary pads ...
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The short film, ‘Period. End Of Sentence.’ backed by Indian producer Guneet Monga's Sikhya Entertainment, is the story of women of Uttar Pradesh’s Kathikera village who fight against all odds to ensure menstrual equality, meaning access to menstrual hygiene for all, in their village ...
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In January 2017, a low-cost machine invented by social entrepreneur Arunachalam Muruganantham, popularly known as 'Pad Man', was set up in the village to produce sanitary napkins which started the conversation around menstruation ...
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"Menstruation is not a disease, it’s a procedure. If we talk about this openly then we can make lives of women safe in the coming days," said Suman, featured in India-based documentary 'Period. End of Sentence' ...
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The 26-minute Oscar award winning documentary is produced by Guneet Monga and follows a group of women in Hapur, Uttar Pradesh who lead a quiet revolution as they fight against the stigma of menstruation ...
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26-year-old Chitransh Saxena from Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, started a PadBank in June 2018. 148 girls in the city are getting free sanitary pads every month from the bank ...
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