These workshops have been running since October 2019 as part of the #PeriodPaath campaign in partnership with the Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council
Tag: Menstrual hygiene
Menstrual Hygiene Day 2019: Date, theme, significance of the day
Menstrual Hygiene day helps to enable women and girls around the world to achieve their full potential without menstruation becoming a problem
Pune: Non-profit org Samajbandh collects old clothes to make sanitary pads for women
Even today, menstrual hygiene of Indian women is a major cause of concern. According to the data revealed by National Family Health Survey (NHFS-4), only 42 per cent of women in India between the ages of 15 and 24 use sanitary napkins. In fact, a staggering 62 per cent of women in[Read More…]
Menstrual hygiene campaign changes lives in rural Bengal
Kiran Bauri, a teenaged Class 12 student of Dhurohi village in West Bengal’s Purulia district, has been for years using her limited pocket money to educate local women about the health benefits of using sanitary napkins. “Once I attended a meeting and learnt about the benefits of sanitary napkins during[Read More…]