7 Soft Sanitary Pads

       Innovations change the way we live our lives. We use hundreds of products but the story behind their invention is often unknown. Sanitary Pad is an essential item for all people.  In rural parts of developing countries, 95% of households cannot afford this essential item and switch to unhygienic alternatives such as old rags, newspapers, banana leaves, dust, etc.  Not only is this a very impractical and uncomfortable alternative but puts their health in serious danger. “Women who do use cloths are often too embarrassed to dry them in the sun, which means they don’t get disinfected. Approximately 70% of all reproductive diseases in India are caused by poor menstrual hygiene – it can also affect maternal mortality.” However, these cultural norms did not stop technological innovation: the  first  disposable  pads  hit the market in 1896.   By the turn of the century, concerns about bacterial growth from inadequate cleaning of reusable products between wears created a new menstr

  Menstruation or Maashik or Mahawari all of these commonly known and referred to as Periods. Period is onset of bleeding when the walls of uterus of female breaks leading to bleeding which lasts for 5-6 days every month.   So far we all know about periods , cause of periods but what we don't know till now is how to keep personal hygiene at the times of periods. It's strange that how well our economy is developing,   how fast our country is growing, how aware people are about various issues concerning the country and society but the issue which is visible to people with their naked eyes but still not talked is Menstrual Hygiene.   Often when it comes to talking about Menstrual or Menstrual hygiene it becomes a taboo subject which should not be discussed publicly.   Menstrual hygiene means use of sanitary pads,   proper disposal of sanitary pads privacy to change sanitary pads with access to good sanitation facility .   It is   an important gender issue , it affects almost o