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 …
A sanitary napkin production unit was inaugurated at the Nagpur central jail in the second week of May following a joint initiative by the Maharashtra Prison Department and Tata Trust, Mumbai. The unit would engage trained women inmates for the production activity as Nagpur’s jail is the first in the state to get such a project. The project was inaugurated by DIG, …
