Feminine hygiene is something that make people feel uncomfortable. The subject of menstruation is still something that is considered taboo. In many parts of India especially in rural areas girls are not prepared and aware of menstruation, that’s why they face many difficulties and challenges at home and schools. Young adolescent girls tend to be less prepared that’s why they suffer from anxiety, apprehensions, fear and shame during their menses. A large number of girls drop out of school every year when they begin menstruating.

Large number of menstruating girls and women in rural areas use cloth, which is often reused, ashes, newspapers, dried leaves and husk sand during period. They are not aware that poor menstrual hygiene can pose a major risk also put them at risk of developing illness. So, we should educate and make them aware about the menstrual hygiene. This is the time we must understand it that menstruation is just a biological process. It is important to normalize it and destroy taboo around this natural process. We need to break the silence, raise awareness so that women and girls feel empowered to manage their period safely, hygienically with confidence and without embarrassment.

Pragrath initiated this process by distributing sanitary pads among adolescent school girls of Class VII and VIII at RD Memorial School, Vill. Prahalad Garhi, Vasundhara Ghaziabad. And made them aware about the importance of menstrual hygiene.

Together we should live in a world where no woman or girl is limited by something.