To shatter taboos surrounding periods and promote menstrual hygiene, a group of friends in Rajkot designed an affordable DIY pad using waste cloth and taught women in nearby slums and villages how to make them. The project won the Disney Innovation Award in the ‘Large Impact’ category at the ‘I CAN Awards 2014’ organised by Design for Change. A group of …
BENGALURU: Children like nature and they want to do their best to protect it. Now, Bengaluru’s children have a cool weapon to fight desertification of the city and to save the environment: seed bombs. Seed balls are made by wrapping seeds in mud. Once dry , they are tossed into any open space.When nourished by rains, the seeds may germinate …
The campaign is an attempt to break taboo around menstruation and provide women with healthy alternative to cloth. In a unique initiative, three law students in Kerala have come together to provide sanitary napkins to women who do not have access to this basic necessity during menstruation. Sara Fathima (20), Ayushi Dangre (21) and Pritishree Dash (21), all fourth-year students …
Eat healthy, drink some green smoothies and go to the gym – you know the drill. Girls live in a world where being healthy is cool and well, expensive. We check our food’s nutritional value – count the calories and cholesterol percentage because there is this slight obsession not just to lose weight but primarily to be healthy and organic. …
In West Bengal, girls are being empowered to refuse early marriage thanks to a state government initiative that enables them to stay longer in school. The Kanyashree Prakalpa scheme has been remarkably successful in curbing child marriage and promoting girl child education, says Saadia Azim. When Anu Nayak turned 16 she knew that her life was going to change – …
