Sanitary Hygiene is vital to the empowerment and well-being of women and girls worldwide. It is about more than just access to sanitary pads and appropriate toilets – though those are important. It is also about ensuring women and girls live in an environment that values and supports their ability to manage their menstruation with […]

Do you mean Periods? Shhhhh !! Don’t speak it aloud. It’s bad!  Girl, please don’t go to the kitchen, you will contaminate the food. Have you ever been into such a situation where uttering the name itself has made you feel embarrassed? Yes most of us feel the same because, in India, the period is […]

“Feminism isn’t about making women strong. Women are already strong. It’s about changing the way the world perceives that strength” – G.D Anderson. A 24 years intersectional feminist hailing from the city of joy, Kolkata, has been working on women empowerment by aiming to provide them menstrual hygiene and abolish period poverty in our country […]

Shuma Banik, an engineer by degree and a Gandhi fellow, worked with 60 schools in Surat district to create awareness around menstrual health management. Out of all the processes that she went with her fellow mates during the Fellowship, Community Immersion was the most important, in which they had to stay with a student’s family […]

One might not remember the first time we scored a perfect 100 in mathematics or the first time we won a medal on school sports day, but the day we got our first periods is instilled within every girl’s mind. The reason why she remembers ‘the day’ can be because of the sheer horror that […]

Source – https://images.app.goo.gl/XjMmfjJaJ7ukYNPT8 Well, we often get to hear that not many people are aware about periods or menstruation. This is that topic which is usually brushed under the carpet. And because this topic has been referred to as very secretive, there is no proper knowledge given to an individual in this regard. Census 2011 […]

Banaste Dakila Gaja
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जब मैं छोटा बच्चा था मेरी हाथो बहन की खून लगीबेहेन को पूछा क्या हुवा तुम्हे वो शर्म के मारे रोने लगीमुझे बहुत जिज्ञासा हुवीक्यों वो इतना रोने लगीजिसको मैं एक तपड्ड भी मारू अगरतोह मम्मी मुझे दो मार देतीतोह आज उस खून को देख क्यों कुछ नहीं करतीऔर उल्टा मुझे उससे दूर होने को कहतीअन्दर ही […]

Banaste Dakila Gaja
Barasa ke thare asichi Rajo,
Asichi Rajo lo hua gheni saja baja,
Boula la hua gheni saja baja…

India is a country with a total population of more than 1.35 billion, of which 648 million are women i.e. 48% of the total population. There are over 355 million menstruating women/girls in India. Even in 2020, millions of women across India and various other countries still face significant barriers to comfortable and dignified experience with menstrual health. (Census, 2011).