A study was conducted to examine levels of awareness and people’s attitudes towards the environmental impact of menstrual hygiene products. Majority of participants involved in the survey were shocked at the amount of plastic in commonly-used disposable menstrual products ...
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Menstrual Hygiene
Menstrual Hygiene
To encourage menstrual hygiene practices and use of sanitary pads during periods among students, the district administration is installing sanitary napkin vending machines and incinerators in schools ...
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Rajasthan has a New Year gift for its women students from the new academic session in July, the government will provide free sanitary pads napkins to 189 government colleges ...
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Odisha recently launched sanitary pad manufacturing units as part of 'Ujjwala Sanitary Napkin' to promote menstrual hygiene among women and create employment opportunities for them ...
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From movies like Padman bringing the discussion on menstrual hygiene to the mainstream to tax exemption and various campaigns, the year 2018 saw many positive steps taken across India to provide better facilities to women for their periods ...
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26-year-old Sachin Subhash from Pune has visited 50 villages, distributed sanitary cloth bags to over 2000 women and trained them the process of making sanitary napkins ...
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To encourage people to dispose of menstrual waste in a scientific way, 29-year-old Anisha Nichani from Chennai is making sanitary napkin disposal bags from recycled newspapers ...
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To provide basic hygiene and sanitation to women and girls, WaterAid, United Nations International Children's Fund and Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP) have jointly launched a guide to build female-friendly toilets ...
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Adivasi women in the tribal belt of Telangana have been running four manufacturing units that produce sanitary napkins for free distribution to students in the tribal welfare hostels and ashram schools ...
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What started with improving the state of menstrual hygiene in India by providing safe menstrual products has turned into an awareness programme ...
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Women can now get sanitary napkins at a subsidised rate from vending machines installed at 14 public toilets in South Delhi markets, the area's civic body said on Monday ...
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A Class 12 student of Dhurohi village in West Bengal has been spending between Rs. 100 and Rs. 200 a month, since she was in Class 9, on buying sanitary napkins from her school’s vending machine to give to the girls in her village for free ...
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