A new breed of community-minded volunteers and entrepreneurs is emerging to help spread awareness of menstrual issues — and some of them are men
When women here menstruate, they've got two options. They can carry their soiled sanitary napkins to a fetid, overflowing open garbage dump 100 meters away. Or they can stuff them down the drain or throw them out the small window of this tiny toilet block, and avoid the shame that comes with carrying their waste in the open.In India, where menstruation remains shrouded in taboo, many women opt for the latter.
A visit from his team was a new experience for Nisha, a 25-year-old mother who lives in Bareilly and goes by one name. "I've always been used by men," said Nisha, whose husband left her when she was pregnant with her second child."Here was a man helping out by giving pads.
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