Menstrual Hygiene for Indian Women: Pioneering Intiatives are the Need of the Hour

Dasra's 2017 report Spot On! highlights that 200 million girls in India lack awareness of menstrual hygiene and associated healthcare practices; 23 per cent adolescent girls drop out of school every year as they reach puberty because of inadequate menstrual protection; 88 per cent of menstruati...

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Published inTerraGreen Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 42 - 44
Main Author Sinha, Sharmila
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New Delhi The Energy and Resources Institute 01.05.2018
Subjects
Adolescents
Dioxins
Girls
Hardwoods
Hygiene
Landfills
Leaves
Menstruation
Puberty
Shavings
Waste disposal sites
Womens health
Africa
Nepal
India
Kashmir India
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Summary:Dasra's 2017 report Spot On! highlights that 200 million girls in India lack awareness of menstrual hygiene and associated healthcare practices; 23 per cent adolescent girls drop out of school every year as they reach puberty because of inadequate menstrual protection; 88 per cent of menstruating women in India use home-grown alternatives, such as old fabric, rags, sand, ash, wood shavings, newspapers, dried leaves, hay and plastic. WaterAid's Menstrual Hygiene Matters report states that globally, approximately 52 per cent of the female population (26 per cent of the total population) is of reproductive age and will menstruate each month. [...]this reaches landfills.
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ISSN:0974-5688
0975-7570