menstruation
Empowering rural women, one sustainable pad at a time
Through her biodegradable sanitary pads brand Apna Green, Aruna Dara has started a movement for underprivileged women. She talks about her journey and emerging as one of the five winners of the Union government’s Prajjwala Challenge.
Main Bhi Curie: Haryana schoolgirls learn secrets of science
A school in Jalmana village of Haryana’s Panipat district witnesses ‘Main Bhi Curie’, a transformative initiative that aims to foster STEM education and scientific temperament among girls.
Sanitary pad depot evokes pride in UP village
Petrified on experiencing her first menstrual period, 22-year-old Kalpana Verma of Mirtala in Mahoba district now helps other women by making sanitary pads more easily available.
Kotwalia women break menstruation taboo
If lack of water forced Kotwalia women to relieve themselves in the open, their ingrained mindset made menstruation taboo. With toilets and sanitation training, they now follow good menstrual hygiene.
Menstruation is Natural. Period.
It’s 2023 and more than 300 million Indian women still don’t have access to sanitary pads. Desperate to change this, three Delhi University students launched Project Aarogya.
Uninhibited menstruation talk on “Hello Saathi” helpline
Want to have an uninhibited talk about menstruation? Try the “Hello Saathi” helpline, a game-changing scheme from the menstrual health group Uninhibited helping 150,000 people in less than two years, as two of its practitioners report.
Village girls shed fear and shame about menstruation
Through a health initiative that demystifies menstruation by using games and stories, schoolgirls in rural Jharkhand are learning about menstrual health and the importance of nutrition
Pad women of Assam start menstrual hygiene movement
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