menstrual hygiene

Kickstarted on 5th December 2017 with a few friends, independent of the NGO, is the Roti Ghar. It is their attempt at providing a healthy one-time meal to over 100 underprivileged children and women at the dumping ground in Thane, Mumbai every single day.

Young women have brought about a change in the mindset of rural men and women in Assam about menstrual hygiene and steered the women towards better hygiene with reusable cloth pads. Abdul Gani takes a closer look.

'Suvidha', a biodegradable low-cost sanitary napkin, will be beneficial for many women.

All you have to do is visit the state women and children development department’s ‘Asmita scheme’ portal and pay Rs 182.40!

The authorities hope Padman will help spread menstrual hygiene awareness.

Over 88% of Indian women and girls are forced to use alternatives like old cloth, rags, hay, dry leaves, sawdust and even ash during their menstrual cycles. This exposes them to dangers like skin allergies, infections and in some cases, even cervical cancer.

The hearing-impaired student met the District Magistrate, where she signed to him, asking him for a sanitary napkin vending machine to be installed at Rajnagar Block Hospital.

Ushering in 2018, the Railway Women Welfare Association of Bhopal installed the machine and christened it ‘Happy Nari.’

The scheme will not just facilitate free sanitary napkins but storage spaces for napkins and environment-friendly incinerators also at all government & aided schools in the state.

Teachers at the village schools would avoid them after knowing that they are going to talk about periods. Villagers opposed talks on breaking such taboos.