In a bid to raise awareness about menstrual hygiene, a milkman from Hanumangarh has distributed over 20,000 packets of sanitary napkins among girls in rural areas of the state and neighbouring states of Haryana and Punjab in 19 months
Pune start-up recycles sanitary pads and processes up to 3,000 pads per day and converts into recyclable cellulose and plastic.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said that her government will provide access to free sanitary products for female students in an attempt to fight period poverty in the country
Indian sanitary pad advertisements are misleading. The approach should be promote menstrual health and not hide period stains. And then there are more stereotypes!
According to the government spokesperson, the proposed amendment also incorporated clauses to ensure that the sanitary napkins of adequate quantity.
That menstrual hygiene might hinder the relief work or that we were threatening power relations for the men in the area was a far-fetched thought. But alas, we were wrong.
An MP talked about her period in the Scottish House of Commons and is gathering praises for the move. Danielle Rowley, representing Midlothian, apologised for being late to a House of Commons women and equalities debate. She said that she was on her period and it had already cost her £25 this week, reported The Guardian. What she […]
Comedian Aditi Mittal fired up the stage of She Leads India, eliciting praise all around for her go-get-it attitude. One of the country’s finest comedians, Mittal is never apprehensive to broach topics that are mostly discussed hush-hush. At the SheLeads platform too, she was her usual bold self, her quick wit drawing the applause. Here […]
The issue of menstrual hygiene is finally gaining its due recognition with authorities trying their best to sensitize as many people as they can with regard to the topic. For instance, Goa’s Department of Labour & Employment has decided to install sanitary pad dispensing machines at industrial estates, construction sites and government-run education institutions in the […]
Kerala has become the first Indian state to make sanitary pad vending machines compulsory in all higher secondary schools.
