KSCF Begins Sanitary Napkin Manufacturing Training, Ushers In New Period Of Menstrual Hygiene In Remote Villages

Far removed from the glare of media, winds of change sweeping through the desert state of Rajasthan.

Menstrual hygiene has never really figured as a point of discussion in villages tucked deep inside rural hinterland. Widely considered a taboo, talking about menstruation in village communities is often perceived to be improper as a result of which hundreds and thousands of women have to deal with problems arising out of poor menstrual hygiene secretly. Poverty, gender inequality and grossly inadequate sexual awareness come in the way of their access to safe menstrual hygiene practices.

But all this is now set to change. Spearheading a unique social enterprise, Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation (KSCF) has begun training women from villages in Thanagazi in Alwar district and Viratnagar in Jaipur on manufacturing sanitary napkins. As a part of the programme, nearly 2,500 women from 50 villages will be trained over the next six months and 5,000 women in the course of the year.

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