Sakhya Women's Guidance Cell

Awareness creation on good menstruation hygiene practices

Sakhya Women’s Guidance Cell organized a workshop on Health and Hygiene on 27^th May at Shivshankarpada, Nirmal in which 38 adolescent girls in the age groups of 10-18 years actively participated. It was conducted by the resource persons Ms. Harsha and Ms.  Deepali from Proctor and Gamble Company.

The main objective of workshop was to ensure that the adolescent girls understand reproductive cycle and to increase awareness on good menstruation hygiene practices.

It started with welcome of the resource persons and every participant introduced themselves to rest of the others.

Discussions veered on the orientation on good menstruation practices such as use of sanitation napkins, precaution taking during the period, dietary habits. She explained about reproductive organs and its care so as to ensure healthy reproduction.

A documentary film was shown on basic menstrual hygiene creating awareness about  proper hygiene during menstrual cycle.

Discussion on cultural and religious taboos relating to menstrual hygiene was also held.The girls asked questions like why the girls’ height does not increase after period starts, why women are not allowed to perform religious activities during period. Ms. Deepali answered their questions and said that these are the rules set by the communities and as regard to height she answered it increases after period but at slow rate. 

The workshop resulted in sensitizing the participants on various complications arising out of lack of menstruation hygiene and also spread the message to the neighbours since few of women who did not participate asked the Social Worker to organize same workshop again.35 sanitation napkins were distributed among the participants.