Menstrual hygiene awareness: Varanasi teen encourages peers to use matka incinerators to dispose of sanitary pads
1 year, 7 months ago

Menstrual hygiene awareness: Varanasi teen encourages peers to use matka incinerators to dispose of sanitary pads

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW Young social activist and IIT aspirant, Sakshi Singh, has taken up the noble cause of spreading awareness about menstrual hygiene in Varanasi. Originally from Mirzapur, the 18-year-old is encouraging girls to dispose of their sanitary waste in environmentally friendly ways -- like disposing of pads using matka incinerators installed outside their homes. While Sakshi aims to become an engineer, she is certain that she would continue her work on menstrual hygiene awareness. A former student of St. Atulanand Residential Academy in Varanasi, Sakshi has been part of the Swachh Garima Vidyalaya Scheme, a menstrual hygiene management scheme conducted in association with UNICEF and WASH, since her school days.

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Menstrual hygiene management: Govt school educators taught to make cloth sanitary pads
1 year, 7 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 …

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