Category: Hygiene
Menstruation taboos: Reaching out only to adolescent girls is not enough
Shamed for a period stain, a young girl ends her life. It makes us rethink –is addressing menstruation related taboos by reaching out only to adolescent girls enough? A young... Read more
Comprehensive programming for menstrual health in schools in India
Schools offer a crucial chance for menstrual hygiene programmes to make transformations that will benefit adolescent girls long into their futures. This Menstrual Hygiene Day, Arundati Muralidharan, WaterAid India’s Policy... Read more
A member of the housekeeping staff shares how “educated people” behave
Radhamma, a middle-aged housekeeping staff feels appalled at the way in which educated people behave. During an interaction, she shared that even though people have all the money and education,... Read more
Taking change into their hands: School WASH Clubs in Action
Meet Deepika, Harpreet and Komal: members of their newly formed school water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) Club at a government run institution near Punjabi Bagh in West Delhi. In only... Read more
Is your well-being in a health professional’s (clean) hands?
The world marks Global Handwashing Day every year on October 15. This year, let us bring the spotlight on to a group that we turn to keep us healthy, prevent... Read more
Let’s talk menstruation!
Here’s why. India is home to around 120 million adolescent girls— that’s roughly 10% of the population. A girl menstruates on an average for five days a month, 12 months... Read more
Clean India: one year on
One year after Prime Minister Modi launched the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) – otherwise known as the Clean India Mission – to make India open defecation free by 2019, Neeraj... Read more
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