WORLD MENSTRUAL HYGIENE DAY

Chandigarh May 28, 2020

Today, i.e. May 28^th, 2020 is marked as World Menstrual Hygiene Day. The thought of observing this day is to end the taboos and stigma associated with menstruation. Keeping this in mind, an active NSS volunteer Ishita Choudhary, student of Centre for Social Work, did an awareness-cum-interactive session with the migrant women at a construction site in Panjab University, Chandigarh.

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While sharing her views Ishita said “usually people don’t talk about menstruation and there are a lot of myths and misconceptions associated with it, and being a social worker, it’s my duty to demystify them”. She also said that people come and give away sanitary pads to women especially belonging to the downtrodden section but they never bothered about imparting correct information about such menstrual hygiene products. So, during such a pandemic it is apt to talk to all women about it because the theme also says “periods don’t stop for pandemics”. “We have make sure that every girl and women should talk about it, and must have the correct information and available options to choose the most suited menstrual product for her body” she added.

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Appreciating the efforts of the volunteer, Gaurav Gaur, NSS, Programe Officer said that we should include menstrual health and hygiene in the COVID-19 emergency or essential service list at all places. We have to provide all essential supplies related to menstrual hygiene management especially to the women living in the containment zones, because they were the worst hit by this pandemic. It is quite evident that during such pandemics the women at the time of their menstrual cycle have to suffer a lot, if they don’t have availability and accessibility of the basic necessities like water, washrooms and menstrual hygiene products etc. He said that we have to encourage male participation also in such arenas to bridge the gender gap. He also shared the data of WASH United, which states that Everyday, it is estimated that around 300 million women and girls menstruate worldwide. (WASH United, et al, 2020). Dr Navdeep Sharma, NSS Programme Coordinator, Panjab University applauded the efforts made by this team.