The Covid-19 epidemic negatively impairs girls’ and women’s abilities to effectively manage their menstrual hygiene and health. In order to manage their menstrual cycle in a dignified manner, these women—especially girls from low-income households—had to overcome a number of obstacles, including limited access to sanitary pads, restrooms, and social support.
As part of its initiatives to enhance the health of teenage girls and end period poverty, Plan India established “Menstrual Hygiene Education in India” in partnership with Kotex. This program aims to provide girls with the knowledge and skills necessary to manage their menstruation with dignity, confidence, safety, and self-assurance. This is intended to happen through a gender transformational process that leads to a positive mental shift and eliminates the stigma attached to menstruation, especially those related to hygiene and health.
The ability of women and girls to effectively manage their menstrual hygiene and health is significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to manage their menstrual cycle in a dignified manner, these women—especially girls from low-income households—had to overcome a number of obstacles, including limited access to sanitary pads, restrooms, and social support.
As part of its initiatives to enhance the health of teenage girls and end period poverty, Plan India established “Menstrual Hygiene Education in India” in partnership with Kotex. This program aims to provide girls with the knowledge and skills necessary to manage their menstruation with dignity, confidence, safety, and self-assurance. This is intended to happen through a gender transformational process that leads to a positive mental shift and eliminates the stigma attached to menstruation, especially those related to hygiene and health.
Time periods! Though these are some indicators of a healthy female body, “that time of the month” is usually met with groans at the inconvenience and, for many, fear of the severe side effects of menstruation, including cramps.
However, there’s a buzz of excitement one afternoon in the beautiful courtyard of a school in a remote part of Rajasthan called Alwar.
A wave of students assembles around two women from the social enterprise Project Baala, who are giving a seminar to demystify menstruation. They speak and laugh together.
Whose cycles have begun? Whose menstrual cycles have not begun? Who is experiencing abdominal pain? The co-founder asks as a wave of raised palms welcomes her.
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