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Kashmir's padwomen:Eves breaking taboos, manufacturing sanitary napkins

| @indiablooms | Mar 13, 2023, at 12:52 am

Srinagar: A women's Self Help Group has fought against all taboos to manufacture and distribute sanitary napkins under a NABARD-aided project in Narupora village of Jammu and Kashmir, media reports said.

Alkaria SHG, popular for its revolutionary initiative in the area, has been sensitizing women and creating awareness regarding menstrual hygiene and its significance for living a healthy life, reports ANI.

This move is part of the “My Pad My Right”, a pan-India initiative, launched by the NAB Foundation to promote menstrual hygiene awareness and entrepreneurship among women in rural areas.

Ridwana Akhtar, President of the SHG, told ANI that she and her group members have taken a pledge to create awareness regarding menstrual hygiene and provide easy and affordable available options for hygiene to women.

The group is engaged in manufacturing sanitary napkins and educating and aware people of menstrual hygiene.

“We will continue the mission by involving more and more females of adjacent villages in her noble venture,” she said.

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