An overwhelming majority of Indian girls and women don’t have access to modern menstrual products such as sanitary napkins or tampons. The privileged few who do, often find that avuncular salespeople wrap these products up in dark polythene – as if this women’s business were like Medusa to the public gaze. This aversion of gaze and conspiracy of silence teaches …
NAGPUR: What to do with menstrual waste, which is a common dilemma in urban as well as rural areas, now has a one-stop solution with an innovation by Nagpur-based National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (Neeri). While initiatives to clean the blots around periods led to an increase in use of sanitary napkins, the urban local bodies are staring at a …
BENGALURU: For the first time in the country, a fully biodegradable low-cost sanitary napkin was released by the Bureau of Pharma PSUs of India (BPPI), in association with the department of pharmaceuticals, on the occasion of World Environment Day on Tuesday. Reinforcing the theme of ‘Beat Plastic Pollution’, the Jan Aushadhi Suvidha sanitary napkins were launched before hundreds of people, …
More than 23,000 girls will benefit from this initiative. The women and child welfare committee of PMC approved a proposal. Sanitary pad disposal machines will also be installed in the schools in the next phase. “Medical and hygiene issues during adolescence are sensitive. The lack of awareness causes problems for girls. It is not only affecting their health but also their …
The policy also aims at using railway premises to build separate toilets for men, women and disabled not only for the passengers but for the people living in vicinity for free of cost. The policy comes with provision of both Indian and Western style commodes in them. The Indian Railways on Saturday approved a new toilet policy where low cost …
