Padman aims to deal with menstruation taboo but over 50% young women in rural India use unhygienic methods of protection
7 years, 1 month ago

Padman aims to deal with menstruation taboo but over 50% young women in rural India use unhygienic methods of protection

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More than half of young women in rural India use home-based or unsanitary methods of menstrual protection, according to national health data. By Angel Mohan Mumbai: More than half of young women in rural India use home-based or unsanitary methods of menstrual protection, according to national health data. Among rural women in the age group of 15-24 years with 12 or more years of education, 80 percent used a hygienic method for menstrual protection – 60 percent of them said they use a sanitary napkin while 43 percent said they use cloth.. Women from the highest wealth quintile – the top 20 percent of the population by income – are more than four times as likely to use a hygienic method of menstrual protection as women from the lowest wealth quintile. In 10 states, less than 50 percent rural women used hygienic menstrual protection In ten states – Rajasthan, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Tripura, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar – less than 50 percent young rural women used hygienic menstrual protection methods, NFHS-4 data show.

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Menstrual policy for schoolgirls approved, Centre tells Supreme Court
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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Menstrual policy for schoolgirls approved, Centre tells Supreme Court

India Today  

The Centre on Monday informed the Supreme Court of framing the "Menstrual Hygiene Policy for School Going Girls" approved by the Union Health Ministry. The Centre previously informed the apex court that over 97.5 per cent schools in the country, including government, state-aided and private ones, provided separate toilets facilities for female students. The Centre pointed out that in West …

Menstrual Hygiene Day: India! Whisper no more, stay free from period taboos
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Menstrual Hygiene Day: India! Whisper no more, stay free from period taboos

Firstpost  

Respect for India’s ‘Nari Shakti’ rings hollow if we celebrate their triumphs in breaking glass ceilings while remaining silent on menstruation and hiding sanitary napkins in shame Balalakshmi encountered an ongoing struggle with persistent vaginal irritations and infections. Access to clean water, sanitary products and education on menstrual health are fundamental rights that empower women to maintain hygiene, prevent infections …

How young girls in rural Bihar are taking charge of their menstrual health
11 months, 3 weeks ago

How young girls in rural Bihar are taking charge of their menstrual health

Live Mint  

Growing up in Darbanga, Bihar, 17-year-old Aarti Kumari’s knowledge about menstruation was the bare minimum. “We held discussions with young girls and talked to them about the importance of using hygienic products during menstruation, how anaemia affects menstruating women and safe practices. In Bihar, more than 40% of women aged 15-19 don’t use hygiene products such as sanitary pads during …

Women in red: The Hindu Editorial on an optimum menstrual hygiene policy
1 year, 4 months ago

Women in red: The Hindu Editorial on an optimum menstrual hygiene policy

The Hindu  

Only in an ‘unseeing’ world would the judiciary need to set the government a deadline to do the obvious. The Supreme Court of India gave the Centre four weeks to finalise an optimum menstrual hygiene policy with focus on the distribution of sanitary napkins. While advancements over the years, and expanding urbanisation, have brought menstrual hygiene products within reach of …

A draft menstrual hygiene policy, at long last
1 year, 5 months ago

A draft menstrual hygiene policy, at long last

The Hindu  

While the debate about whether menstrual leaves must be given or not occupied space, time and effort, more recently, traditionally, menstrual hygiene or the access or affordability of menstrual products and private and clean toilets have not been the flavour of any season. The Centre’s Menstrual Hygiene Policy, which was recently hosted online for comments from the public and experts, …

Menstrual hygiene management: Govt school educators taught to make cloth sanitary pads
1 year, 9 months ago

Menstrual hygiene management: Govt school educators taught to make cloth sanitary pads

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW In a bid to make menstrual hygiene information and products more accessible and climate friendly, teachers from over 100 inter-colleges and several government secondary schools were educated on how to make cloth sanitary napkins. Under the Swachh Garima Vidyalaya scheme for secondary government schools, an MHM initiative was conducted wherein social workers, in association with UNICEF and WASH, set …

Menstrual health is a public health issue
1 year, 9 months ago

Menstrual health is a public health issue

The Hindu  

In a recent incident, a man from a city in Maharashtra allegedly killed his 12-year-old sister because he mistook period stains on her clothes as a sign of a sexual relationship. In urban India, girls and women navigate a good part of their life in the public domain — a young working woman travels for hours by public transport, a …

Close to 12% of young girls think menstruation is a curse from God or caused by disease: study
1 year, 9 months ago

Close to 12% of young girls think menstruation is a curse from God or caused by disease: study

The Hindu  

May 28, 2023 01:03 pm | Updated 01:22 pm IST - Mumbai Close to 12% of young girls did not know the correct cause of menstruation and said it is a curse from God or caused by disease, revealed a survey conducted by the NGO Child Rights and You on the occasion of World Menstrual Hygiene Day on Sunday. Close …

World Menstrual Hygiene Day 2023: What are India’s challenges?
1 year, 9 months ago

World Menstrual Hygiene Day 2023: What are India’s challenges?

The Hindu  

May 28, 2023 10:30 am | Updated 05:37 pm IST There has been an uptick in the last few years in the focus on menstrual health and hygiene worldwide. In India, MHH gained its rightful place in the public health discourse when the National Health Mission 2011 promoted a menstrual hygiene scheme among adolescent girls in rural areas. Menstrual hygiene …

Explained | Menstrual hygiene facilities in Indian schools
1 year, 11 months ago

Explained | Menstrual hygiene facilities in Indian schools

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Supreme Court on April 10 directed the Union Government to devise a uniform policy to ensure menstrual hygiene for school children. Absence of menstrual hygiene and awareness drives “period poverty” — or the lack of access to sanitary products, toilets, waste management, handwashing facilities and menstrual hygiene education — globally. The “Menstrual Hygiene Scheme” provides …

States responsible for implementing schemes related to menstrual health: Centre to Supreme Court
1 year, 11 months ago

States responsible for implementing schemes related to menstrual health: Centre to Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The Centre has told the Supreme Court that it is dedicated to improve access to menstrual hygiene for young and adolescent girls but the responsibility of providing healthcare services lies with the respective state governments as public health is a state subject. "The government is dedicated to increase awareness among adolescent girls on menstrual hygiene, build self-esteem and empower girls …

'Lack Of Proper Menstrual Hygiene Hinders Girls' Education' : Plea In Supreme Court For Free Distribution Of Sanitary Pads In Schools
2 years, 4 months ago

'Lack Of Proper Menstrual Hygiene Hinders Girls' Education' : Plea In Supreme Court For Free Distribution Of Sanitary Pads In Schools

Live Law  

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Union of India and the States to provide free sanitary pads to girls studying from Class 6th to Class 12th and to provide a separate girls' toilet in all Government aided and residential schools. According to a report published by Water Aid, illnesses related to a lack …

​70% Women in UP, Assam and Chhattisgarh Aged 15-24 Use Cloth for Menstrual Protection: Govt Data
2 years, 10 months ago

​70% Women in UP, Assam and Chhattisgarh Aged 15-24 Use Cloth for Menstrual Protection: Govt Data

News 18  

Close to 70% women aged 15 to 24 in Uttar Pradesh, Assam and Chhattisgarh use cloth for protection during their menstrual period, even as India’s average stands at 49.6%, government data shows. Overall, 78% of women in this age group use a hygienic method of menstrual protection,” the report said. “Overall, 58% of women in this age group use a …

Menstrual Hygiene Management: Why access to safe sanitation is vital
3 years, 2 months ago

Menstrual Hygiene Management: Why access to safe sanitation is vital

News 18  

Menstrual hygiene is important for the health of women and girls. Despite the massive success of the Central government’s flagship Swachh Bharat Mission programme in providing access to toilets, menstrual hygiene remains a major issue in some parts of the country, specifically in rural areas. Menstrual hygiene management needs the toilets to have facilities to change pads in privacy, availability …

Why and How COVID-19 Pandemic Has Affected Women’s Menstrual Health in Rural India
3 years, 9 months ago

Why and How COVID-19 Pandemic Has Affected Women’s Menstrual Health in Rural India

News 18  

More than 65 per cent of India’s population lives in rural areas. But for most women in rural India, easy access to menstrual health and hygiene is a far cry. As social entrepreneur Ira Guha points out, the average period lasts five days, which means that “women were being advised that for 15 days out of every month, it was …

The Many Gaps in Menstrual Hygiene Awareness in Rural India
4 years, 1 month ago

The Many Gaps in Menstrual Hygiene Awareness in Rural India

The Quint  

First and foremost is working with adolescent girls by taking the most suitable approach. From our experiences, we have seen that educating the peers is a good strategy of making the right knowledge reach the girls. Interacting with mothers and fathers helps address the intergenerational gap - because many of the myths and much of the wrong information is passed …

Inadequate Menstrual Hygiene Facilities Impeding Right to Education: Jammu & Kashmir HC Seeks Center's Response
4 years, 3 months ago

Inadequate Menstrual Hygiene Facilities Impeding Right to Education: Jammu & Kashmir HC Seeks Center's Response

Live Law  

"Deprived economic status and illiteracy leads to prevalence of unhygienic and unhealthy practices which has serious health consequences," remarked the Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Tuesday while taking suo moto notice of lack of access to education and menstrual hygiene for women in the Union Territories. When addressing the Right to Education and menstrual hygiene, the Court stated, "Inadequate …

Haryana education dept to provide sanitary pads to students
4 years, 5 months ago

Haryana education dept to provide sanitary pads to students

Hindustan Times  

In an initiative aimed at raising awareness about menstrual health and hygiene, the state education department has decided to provide sanitary pads to female students of classes 6 to 12 on a monthly basis. HT Image In a letter addressed to district education officers on Monday, the directorate of school education asked schools to make arrangements for the supply of …

MP man turns 'padman', promotes menstrual hygiene
5 years, 4 months ago

MP man turns 'padman', promotes menstrual hygiene

India TV News  

Inspired by Akshay Kumar- starrer 'Padman', a 37-year-old resident of Khor village here set up a sanitary pad manufacturing unit, employing 15 women from the area. In a bid to educate women in his village about menstrual hygiene and provide cheap sanitary pads, Bhupendra Khoiwal set up a manufacturing unit in Khor village, 15 km from the district headquarters in …

Villager turns ‘padman’, promotes menstrual hygiene in Madhya Pradesh
5 years, 4 months ago

Villager turns ‘padman’, promotes menstrual hygiene in Madhya Pradesh

The Hindu  

Inspired by Akshay Kumar-starrer Padman, a 37-year-old resident of Khor village here set up a sanitary pad manufacturing unit, employing 15 women from the area. In a bid to educate women in his village about menstrual hygiene and provide cheap sanitary pads, Bhupendra Khoiwal set up a manufacturing unit in Khor village, 15 km from the district headquarters in Madhya …

No access to menstrual hygiene is the fifth biggest killer of women in the world
5 years, 9 months ago

No access to menstrual hygiene is the fifth biggest killer of women in the world

India Today  

Around the world, one in three girls face inadequate sanitation, and many others face social and cultural limits during their periods. According to a report published by WaterAid, illnesses related to a lack of water, basic sanitation and hygiene were responsible for the deaths of almost 800,000 women around the world in a single year making it the fifth biggest …

Padwoman: Telangana's tribal women distributing sanitary napkins free of cost among students
6 years, 5 months ago

Padwoman: Telangana's tribal women distributing sanitary napkins free of cost among students

India TV News  

Akshay Kumar starrer "Padman" seems to have an inspired people throughout the length and breadth of the country to come forward for producing sanitary napkins for the women. Since February this year, tribal women have been producing sanitary napkins which is distributed free to the students of tribal welfare hostels and ashram schools in Telangana. Now, the region is set …

Government launches biodegradable sanitary napkins at just Rs 2.5 per pad
6 years, 8 months ago

Government launches biodegradable sanitary napkins at just Rs 2.5 per pad

India Today  

The government on June 6 launched affordable biodegradable sanitary napkins, priced at Rs 2.50 per pad, to be sold under the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana across the country. The Suvidha Oxo-biodegradable sanitary napkins would be retailed through more than 3,600 Jan Aushadhi stores in 33 states and UTs across the country. Quick facts about the use of sanitary napkins …

International Menstrual Hygiene Day: To progress, India must end culture of shame and silence, writes Shabana Azmi
6 years, 9 months ago

International Menstrual Hygiene Day: To progress, India must end culture of shame and silence, writes Shabana Azmi

Firstpost  

India is a land of contradictions and in no sphere is this more evident than in the status of women. Nowhere is this truer than in menstrual health, with as many as 82 percent of women continuing to use unsanitary means to manage their periods. The culture of silence and shame associated with menstruation has held women back because of …

Is India suffering from ‘period poverty’?
6 years, 9 months ago

Is India suffering from ‘period poverty’?

The Hindu  

A new report published by UNICEF and WaterAid found that more than a third of girls in South Asia miss school during their periods, mainly due to lack of access to toilets and pads in schools and no proper education about menstruation. ‘Period poverty’ is the term used when there is a lack of sanitary products, and other essentials like …

PIL For Sensitizing Girls About Menstrual Hygiene, Free Sanitary Napkins In Govt Schools, Delhi HC Notice To Centre,Delhi Govt, MCD's [Read Petition]
7 years, 8 months ago

PIL For Sensitizing Girls About Menstrual Hygiene, Free Sanitary Napkins In Govt Schools, Delhi HC Notice To Centre,Delhi Govt, MCD's [Read Petition]

Live Law  

With the focus on preparing an adolescent girl for puberty and adulthood through education and ensuring that school drop outs due to lack of access to sanitary products is eliminated, an advocate has moved the Delhi High Court seeking its intervention to ensure no girl child misses on her education and health due to lack of basics.A bench headed by …

PIL For Sensitizing Girls About Menstrual Hygiene, Free Sanitary Napkins In Govt Schools, Delhi HC Notice To Centre,Delhi Govt, MCD's [Read Petition]
7 years, 8 months ago

PIL For Sensitizing Girls About Menstrual Hygiene, Free Sanitary Napkins In Govt Schools, Delhi HC Notice To Centre,Delhi Govt, MCD's [Read Petition]

Live Law  

With the focus on preparing an adolescent girl for puberty and adulthood through education and ensuring that school drop outs due to lack of access to sanitary products is eliminated, an advocate has moved the Delhi High Court seeking its intervention to ensure no girl child misses on her education and health due to lack of basics.A bench headed by …

Shame, taboo resulting in unhygienic menstrual practices across much of India
7 years, 9 months ago

Shame, taboo resulting in unhygienic menstrual practices across much of India

Firstpost  

According to a study, only 55 percent girls consider menstrual cycles a natural and normal physical process. By Ojaswi Rao Only in seven of India’s 36 states/union territories did 90 percent or more women in the 15-24 age group use hygienic protection during menstruation, according to the latest national health data. Not even 50 percent women used clean methods of …

Sustainable Menstruation: Junking the sanitary napkin
8 years, 7 months ago

Sustainable Menstruation: Junking the sanitary napkin

The Hindu  

Remember the popular sanitary napkin There is an alternative to a future where used napkins are piled up in street corners — sustainable menstruation. A Facebook community called ‘Sustainable Menstruation India’, which has 10,000 members and adds more every day, encourages women to adopt eco-friendly methods like reusable cloth pads and menstrual cups. “Anyone I know who has used menstrual …

Uttar Pradesh govt school girls to get free sanitary pads
9 years, 5 months ago

Uttar Pradesh govt school girls to get free sanitary pads

India TV News  

Lucknow: In a laudable move, the Uttar Pradesh government will soon provide free sanitary napkins to reduce the absenteeism of girls in schools during their periods, an official said, adding the move follows growing concerns over personal hygiene of girls attaining puberty. Nodal teachers will be appointed by the education department to distribute sanitary napkins and give related information in …

Why menstruation is a nightmare for many women in India
10 years, 9 months ago

Why menstruation is a nightmare for many women in India

Firstpost  

Not just health, but lack of menstrual hygiene management takes its toll on the education of young girls. We find a corner in the house, where the others can’t see, and then dry them.” Thus begins the plight of the Rohingya women in New Delhi where even a glimmer of sunlight to dry their sanitary cloths is difficult to find, …

Compromising on hygiene
11 years, 10 months ago

Compromising on hygiene

The Hindu  

Young girls in rural Uttar Pradesh and Bihar are yet to switch over to the use of sanitary napkins during menstruation whereas in Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh and Odisha, the use of sanitary napkins for better hygiene is really catching up, latest official data suggests. The government initiated a scheme for Promotion of Menstrual Hygiene in 2011 under which highly subsidised …

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