How are dumpsites different from sanitary landfills? Dr. Richa Singh, Deputy Programme Manager, MSW (Municipal Solid Waste) team, Centre for Science and Environment explains.
Menstrual Hygiene: "Around 23 million girls drop-out of school annually in India due to a lack of proper menstrual hygiene management facilities, which include the availability...
"It's really a dream of mine to see a sanitary pad in the hands of every woman", says Navya Naveli Nanda, Founder, Project Naveli & Co-Founder...
By partnering with various state governments and non-governmental organisation, Project Baala, an initiative focusing on menstrual health and hygiene, is distributing reusable pads free of cost...
France and New Zealand have announced to provide sanitary products for free in school whereas Scotland has approved a Bill to make sanitary napkins accessible for...
Nishi Mishra, Principal, Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya at the 12-hour #SwasthyaMantra telethon said that the topic of menstruation is extremely challenging to the pre-menstrual girls, who are...
Aparna Bankar has taken up the issue of propagating menstrual hygiene in her village by setting up a sanitary napkins manufacturing unit in her village -...
Plan India, in partnership with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Coca-Cola India Pvt. Ltd have launched the 'Urban WASH - Swachh Bharat Swachh...
Sanitary napkins will be exempt from GST, Maharashtra Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said on Saturday after a meeting of the GST Council. Sanitary napkins are taxed...
Piprasi, one of the poorest and remotest areas in Bihar with the population of 50,000 people is the first open defecation free block in Bihar. But,...
From a 16-year-old to 62-year-old woman, PadBanks being run by women of different age groups are emerging to be an important mechanism to provide sanitary napkins...
This International Women's Day celebrate the work of these five environment champions, who took it upon themselves to spread good menstrual hygiene and promote eco-friendly sanitary...
Our landfills are overflowing with items that should not have been there, menstrual products are one of them. Every month more than 1 billion of sanitary...
Have you ever given it a thought what happens to you menstrual waste after it is disposed of? Every month more than 1 billion of sanitary...