Awareness of using a sanitary napkin
More than 300 million women and girls in India do not have access to safe
Menstrual hygiene products, endangering their health, curtailing their education and putting their livelihoods at risk.
Training and habit formation to use sanitary napkin and maintain hygiene during period.
Only 36% women use sanitary pads in India
National family health survey 2015 – 2016 estimates that of the 336 million menstruating women in India about 121 million women are using sanitary napkins locally or commercially produced.
What exactly happens due to poor menstrual hygiene
Every person male or female should be aware of the disease that could be caused if a woman does not have access to menstrual hygiene products.
The issue can increase a woman’s chances of contracting cervical cancer, reproductive tract infection, hepatitis B infection, various type of yeast infection and urinary tract infection, to name a few.
Why should we not use cloth during periods
Clothes can lead to urinary tract infections. Most women are denied access to clean cloth and dry their menstrual cloth in corner areas and in damp nooks which lead to infection.
This is because of taboos associated with period lack of toilets and water and lack of exercise Tu proper methods of menstrual control.
Sanitary Napkins- Impact on environment
Dr. Surbhi Sing, Delhi-based Gynecologist and a menstrual hygiene activist says,
Conventional sanitary pads and tampons available in the market are loaded with plastic. These 4-6 days per month by most women worldwide. This means a huge amount of plastic waste a generated every month globally after being disposed of sanitary products that are usually made out of plastic take over 500 years to break down.
WaterAid India A non-profit organisation stresses on the need to find sustainable alternates to menstrual hygiene practices in India as it has estimated that of these 121 million girls and women dispose of about 21780 million pads annually. Which poses a major threat to the country’s waste management crisis.
The alternatives to sent a napkin could be menstrual cups tampons and eco-friendly sanitary pads.
How informed are young girls who are yet to menstruate?
A 2016 study titled – menstrual hygiene management among adolescent girls in India involving nearly 100,000 girls in India found that almost 50,000 did not know about menstruation and till the first time they got their period.
The study further explain how many girls even think that they are dying or have got a horrible disease, the first time they menstruate, due to the pain and blood.
Menstruation And Impact On Education
A 2014 report by the NGO Dasra titled ‘Spot On!’ informed that almost 23 million girls in India drop out of school annually, because of lack of menstrual hygiene management facilities, including availability of sanitary napkins and awareness about menstruation.
The report further suggests that the girls, who don’t drop out, usually miss up to 5 days of school every month.
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