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Sanitary Napkin Production Unit At Tihar Jail, A Hygienic And Empowering Gift To Female Inmates On Women’s Day

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March 12, 2019
Sanitary Napkin Production Unit At Tihar Jail, A Hygienic And Empowering Gift To Female Inmates On Women’s Day
Delhi Menstrual Hygiene News Women's Day Special
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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From Electric Vehicles To Solar Panels, This Ecologist From Dehradun Has Made Sustainability A Way Of Life

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March 8, 2019
From Electric Vehicles To Solar Panels, This Ecologist From Dehradun Has Made Sustainability A Way Of Life
Electric Vehicles News Women's Day Special
An ecologist and electric vehicle user, Soumya Prasad has been setting an inspirational example of sustainable living ...
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Countdown To Swachh Bharat: Access To Toilets And Role Of Women, A Case Study Of Chakkarpur Slum In Open Defecation Free Haryana

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March 8, 2019
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Haryana Open Defecation Free Sanitation Women's Day Special
A look at how the urban slum of Chakkarpur dealt with the lack of access to toilets and washrooms with women taking the lead to give up open defecation ...
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Accessible, Affordable, And Relatable: Chennai Based Duo Provides Sustainable Alternatives To Plastic Products

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March 8, 2019
Accessible, Affordable, And Relatable: Chennai Based Duo Provides Sustainable Alternatives To Plastic Products
Waste Warriors Of India Women's Day Special
What started with looking for affordable, relatable and accessible sustainable alternative to plastic gave birth to ‘Everwards’, helping you kick-start your zero waste lifestyle ...
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These Women Are Changing How People Dress Up Babies With Their Eco-Friendly Clothing Line

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March 7, 2019
These Women Are Changing How People Dress Up Babies With Their Eco-Friendly Clothing Line
Waste Warriors Of India Women's Day Special
Three women waste warriors came together to start a clothing line that is 100 per cent organic, chemical-free and zero-waste in order to make a swachh difference in the society ...
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From Waste Pickers To Artists, Here’s A Story Of Transformation Of Women From Ghazipur Landfill Area In Delhi

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March 7, 2019
These Women Are Changing How People Dress Up Babies With Their Eco-Friendly Clothing Line
Waste Warriors Of India Women's Day Special
Ghazipur waste pickers get a new lease of life, move away from the landfills as waste pickers and start their journey as artisans, only this time making products made out of waste ...
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Period. End Of Sentence’: “It’s Been A Revolution”, Says The Oscar Winning Producer Guneet Monga In An Interview From Los Angeles

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March 4, 2019
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Menstrual Hygiene Women's Day Special
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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Flying High: Rural India’s Pad-Women Bringing Bottom-Up Change Feature In Oscar-Winning Documentary

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IANS
March 4, 2019
Flying High: Rural India's Pad-Women Bringing Bottom-Up Change Feature In Oscar-Winning Documentary
Menstrual Hygiene News Women's Day Special
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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If We Can Do It, Then Any Girl In The World Can Do It: Sneha, Suman Of ‘Period. End Of Sentence’ Gets Rousing Welcome

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ANI
March 4, 2019
If We Can Do It, Then Any Girl In The World Can Do It: Sneha, Suman Of 'Period. End Of Sentence' Gets Rousing Welcome
Menstrual Hygiene News Women's Day Special
"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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Defying Gender Problems And Open Defecation, Sunita Devi From Jharkhand Is Training Women To Build Toilets

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February 28, 2019
Sunita Devi has trained over 400 women to construct toilets
Jharkhand Swachh Warriors Women's Day Special
90 per cent of the women in Udaypura, a village in Jharkhand used to defecate in the open before 2018. Today, every woman in the village has access to a toilet, thanks to 29-year-old Sunita Devi ...
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Period. End Of Sentence. : Uttar Pradesh’s Kathikera Village Celebrates The Victory Of ‘Daughters’ At The Academy Awards

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February 27, 2019
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Menstrual Hygiene News Women's Day Special
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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Producer Hopes Indian Government Uses Oscar Winner ‘Period. End Of Sentence.’ To Educate Masses On Menstruation

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IANS
February 26, 2019
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Menstrual Hygiene News Women's Day Special
Guneet Monga, producer of the Oscar winner documentary ‘Period. End of Sentence.’ Feels a shift or change will happen when the education ministry will get involved and take the film to every school and college ...
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