New Delhi: May 28 is observed at Menstrual Hygiene Day worldwide and the trending challenge for the day is a United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) initiative, the #RedDotChallenge to create awareness about menstrual hygiene and bust myths about periods. Furthermore, the objective of the challenge is to inspire people to talk about menstruation to encourage safe menstrual hygiene practices.
One can participate in the challenge by posting a photograph of themselves with a red dot on their palms and tagging UNICEF and mentioning the red dot challenge. Throughout the micro-blogging site, men, women, young girls and even boys could be seen participating in the challenge.
Beautiful image from #Jhabua for #RedDotChallenge #UNICEF #MP #MensurationMatters #MenstrualHygieneDay @UNICEFIndia @diipakhosla @Michael67332575 @nspatidar1981 pic.twitter.com/lmgshXQnD6
— Anil Gulati (@Anil5) May 28, 2019
Youth group members of @HappinessANSH Join in.#RedDotChallenge as they support to break #taboo on #menstruation #MenstruationMatters @UNICEFIndia @diipakhosla @Michael67332575 @nspatidar1981 pic.twitter.com/v0bFy4FrNr
— Anil Gulati (@Anil5) May 28, 2019
Happy #Menstrual #Hygiene #Day #Reddotchallenge
Organised one day orientation on #MHDay2019 to spread awareness among the front line worker of #ICDS #UNICEF @UNICEF @ChiranjibiPPP pic.twitter.com/EqOZ9r8GRP— Vidya Bhooshan Singh (@vidyabhooshan90) May 28, 2019
https://twitter.com/blisshakha/status/1133256609776394240
Boys and girls came together to raise awareness about the importance of menstrual hygiene, “Lets roar out periods, why be shy?” they questioned in the pictures.
Boys and Girls ……Let's roar out 'Periods'.Why to be shy ?#reddotchallenge #menstruationmatter #BiharYouths@unicefindia pic.twitter.com/VU3LnDfFGH
— Avinash Ujjwal (@Avinash_Gautam) May 27, 2019
We were ready for the #RedDotChallenge today on #MHDay2019 at GIWA Secretariat led by @PujyaSwamiji @SadhviBhagawati & our global family. Our hands are in because #ItsTimeForAction & #MenstruationMatters! pic.twitter.com/zGmRxI0H5V
— WASH Alliance (@wash_alliance) May 28, 2019
Youth group.of #Harda in #MP take #RedDotChallenge…..#MenstruationMatters #TimeForAction Let's break taboo and myths on menstrual hygiene #MenstrualHygieneDay @nspatidar1981 @Michael67332575 pic.twitter.com/mYYv78NsPp
— Anil Gulati (@Anil5) May 27, 2019
This little girl decided to be a part of conversation too, “menstruation matters,” she said.
Yes it is #mhday2019
Menstruation matters to us.
Take the #RedDotChallenge and show that it matters to you too.#menstruationmatters #reddotchallenge #allrightsforallchildren@UNICEFIndia pic.twitter.com/EOpwDIpE1t— Nine is Mine (@9isM9) May 28, 2019
Men also joined in to join the challenge. “Here I accepted the #RedDotChallenge. A Challenge to bring a positive mind-set about Menstruation. Let’s talk about it and break the taboos because menstrual hygiene matters,” tweeted one of the men.
#WorldMenstrualHygieneDay
Here I accepted the #RedDotChallenge A Challenge to bring a positive mindset about Menstruation. Let's talk about it and break the taboos because Menstrual hygiene matter. #MenstruationMatters #unicef pic.twitter.com/G5MygUOsVc— Rahul (@iRahul23) May 28, 2019
https://twitter.com/Artnicus/status/1133261977109663744
Men pledged to take on the #RedDotChallenge so that they play an equally important role in raising awareness towards normalising menstruation. @sidbshrestha @biharmatters @JNJNews #MHDay2019 #MenstruationMatters pic.twitter.com/DfBAe5saqF
— Soniya Menon (@SoniyaMenon) May 28, 2019
Shri P V Rajagopal, Gandhian, President Ekta Parishad joins in #RedDotChallenge and call for #ItsTimeforAction as #MensurationMatters @UNICEFIndia @diipakhosla @GoRurban @HappinessANSH pic.twitter.com/LxI0VlKPGM
— Anil Gulati (@Anil5) May 28, 2019
Menstrual Hygiene Day 2019
The theme for Menstrual Hygiene Day 2019 is #ItsTimeForAction that calls for educating and informing boys and girls about safe menstrual hygiene management.
NDTV – Dettol Banega Swachh India campaign lends support to the Government of India’s Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM). Helmed by Campaign Ambassador Amitabh Bachchan, the campaign aims to spread awareness about hygiene and sanitation, the importance of building toilets and making India open defecation free (ODF) by October 2019, a target set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, when he launched Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in 2014. Over the years, the campaign has widened its scope to cover issues like air pollution, waste management, plastic ban, manual scavenging and menstrual hygiene. The campaign has also focused extensively on marine pollution, clean Ganga Project and rejuvenation of Yamuna, two of India’s major river bodies.
