A 13-year-old Dubai-based girl, who originally belongs to Maharashtra, is doing her bit to ease the lives of tribal girls by providing them with sanitary napkins. Inspired by Akshay Kumar’s film ‘Padman‘, Riva Tulpule has adopted 250 tribal girls from rural Maharashtra and donated sanitary napkins to them. Her aim is to raise awareness about menstrual hygiene. Riva has managed […]

Menstrual hygiene is still a taboo topic in India. To make life a tad easier for underprivileged girls, the government will soon launch low-cost sanitary pads. These will be available at all Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana stores from May-end. These pads are manufactured under the ‘Suvidha’ brand. These will be sold out at one-third […]

In tribal schools near Araku, Puducherry the girl students have switched to using reusable eco-friendly cloth napkins. Their aim is to end the pollution caused by used sanitary pads that are dumped in the landfills. Called Pad4Pad programme the initiative aims for a cleaner environment. Also: The miracle menstrual cup and me by Poorvi Gupta According […]