It’s 6.30 pm on a weekday. For 35-year-old Maya Vishwakarma, the day isn’t over yet. She is on her way, back from a village nestled in the interiors of the Narsinghpur district in Madhya Pradesh. She is driving her car, packed with a projector, films, calendars and leaflets on menstrual hygiene, when she stops for a chat with Firstpost over …
NEW DELHI: Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday raised concern over disposal of sanitary napkins, saying improper disposal can lead to serious consequences. “They are often disposed of in ponds, rivers which leads to blockage of drains. And if disposed on the ground, it creates hygiene problems as it carries infection,” Gandhi said while addressing “SheWings …
Seven years ago, the corridors and corners of a school in a tribal village near Nashik would be littered with used sanitary napkins. The school authorities, who would often scold the girls, itself didn’t possess a disposal system.Similarly, in a remote village near Baroda, women were doing away with used pads by dumping them in a perennial nullah, leading to not just …
With only 12% women in villages using sanitary napkins, UP to have ‘padman’ in each panchayat – The UP government has launched a new scheme, ‘ODF+’, under which each village panchayat will employ its own ‘padman’ who will procure sanitary napkins from manufacturing units and supply them to anganwadi centres, from where they will be given to local women. According …
AHMEDABAD: Likely inspired by the Akshay Kumar-starrer Padman, Sabarmati Central Jail has decided to set up a unit in its women’s prison to manufacture sanitary napkins. By establishing a production unit for sanitary pads, the jail administration aims at providing employment to women convicts. The jail authority has roped in two NGOs for the project – Mahatma Gandhi-founded publication house …
