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World Menstrual Hygiene day is celebrated on May 28. To highlight this day, I bring you a video by activist Sinu Joseph opening up on this hush-hush topic.
Many young girls in India are not informed or educated well enough about menstruation before its onset. They are not aware that they would experience this biological process. So, when it does happen they get scared, fearing that they have contracted a serious disease. One can imagine what would go through the tender minds of these young girls.
Surprisingly while researching on this article, I discovered that girls from many parts of our country are not aware about the use of sanitary napkins. This clearly confirms that we are not enlightened enough on the subject. I personally feel that every girl needs to be enlightened, so that she doesn’t become anxious or scared when it actually happens.
It’s also essential to create awareness on menstruation hygiene as it is closely connected to women’s health.
Poor menstruation hygiene affects the reproductive tract of women which could lead to various health problems. We are also aware of the several cultural taboos and myths that are linked with menstruation too. How often do we hear stories that girls with periods were not allowed to enter the kitchen or eat certain kinds of food.
The main objective of this day is to create awareness and break the silence on menstrual hygiene management. This day could also be utilized to discuss the problems that women undergo during this period at home, school and work.
Watch Sinu Joseph talk on the subject in this engaging video.
Image is a screenshot from the video
Diana has worked as an Editor/Writer and Content Manager for various digital platforms and hopes that each word written in this space supports, motivates and inspires her readers in India or across seas. Besides read more...
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UP Boards Topper Prachi Nigam was trolled on social media for her facial hair; our obsession with appearance is harsh on young minds.
Prachi Nigam’s photo has been doing the rounds on social media for the right reasons. Well, scratch that- I wish the above statement were true. This 15-year-old girl should ideally be revelling in her spectacular achievement of scoring a whopping 98.05% and topping her tenth-grade boards. But oddly enough, along with her marks, it’s something else that garners more attention – her facial hair.
While the trolls are driving themselves giddy by mocking this girl who hasn’t even completed her school yet, the ones who are taking her side are going one step ahead – they are sharing her photoshopped pictures, sans the facial hair, looking nothing less than a celebrity with captions saying – “Prachi Nigam, ten years later”.
Doctors have already diagnosed her with PCOD in their comments, based on photographic evidence. While we have names for people shamed for their weight – body shaming, for their skin colour- racism, for their age- age shaming, for being a female- sexism, this category of shaming where one faces criticism for their appearance has no name. With that, it also has zero shame attached to it.
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