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Poor women, especially in rural areas, struggle to get a clean piece of cloth to manage their period every month. There is a lack of awareness about menstrual health and hygiene. Living in a culture of shame and silence, they end up using poor substitutes like rags and ash, or worse they use NOTHING.





This aggravates their day to day misery around this basic need. In a society which usually treats issues surrounding menstruation as a stigma and a taboo, be the one to aware women about the need to use sanitary pads.

Millions of women in India and in many other parts of the world still struggle for basic clothes to cover their body. For them this struggle becomes bigger as they also struggle for a basic piece of cloth for their menstruation every month in an environment of strong silence and shame around this issue. In such a scenario they end up using rags, ash, newspapers, jute bags, used pads, sand in dire compulsion or worse they using NOTHING. This all pervasive taboo around this basic need is present in the cities and villages of India which prevents women from even voicing their menstrual challenges.



 

Focus on creating a space for women to talk about their menstrual challenges and treat it as a normal. 

Key Criteria for Selection of Sanitary Pads Hygiene:

Sanitary waste disposal has become an increasing problem in India as the plastic used in disposable sanitary napkins are not biodegradable.




Comfort: Women also prefer comfort as they are used throughout the day during menstruation.

Convenience: It must be convenient to carry anywhere along with them.

Performance: Generally women also prefer sanitary napkins based on their absorptive capacity.

Cost: The biggest barrier to use sanitary napkin is affordability. Only 12% of India’s 355 million menstruating women use sanitary napkins (SNs). Over 88% of women restore to shocking alternatives like unsanitised cloth, ashes and husk sand.

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