Sanitary Pads

COVID-19: Mahila Congress To Distribute 25 Lakh Sanitary Pads To Women In Need

India News | ANI | Friday May 29, 2020

All India Mahila Congress (AIMC) plans to distribute 25 lakh sanitary pads, under "Garima" campaign to women who do not have access to it amid COVID-19 lockdown, said AIMC president on Friday.

Railways Hands Out Sanitary Pads To Migrants On Shramik Trains In UP

India News | ANI | Friday May 29, 2020

Railways employees on Thursday distributed sanitary pads inside Shramik special trains for migrant workers at Moradabad Railway Station in Uttar Pradesh on the occasion of Menstrual Hygiene Day.

School Girls In Rajasthan Lose Access To Sanitary Pads Due To Lockdown

Jaipur News | Press Trust of India | Saturday April 18, 2020

Ensuring menstrual hygiene, especially among school girls in remote areas of Rajasthan, has hit a roadblock due to the lockdown amid the COVID-19 pandemic, said officials on Saturday.

Lockdown Hits School Girls' Access To Sanitary Pads: Officials

Education | Press Trust of India | Sunday April 19, 2020

The aim to ensure menstrual hygiene, especially among school girls in remote areas of Rajasthan, has hit a roadblock due to the lockdown amid the COVID-19 pandemic, said officials on Saturday.

Opinion: What Migrant Workers Are Revealing In SOS Calls To Us

Opinion | Rajendran Narayanan | Sunday April 12, 2020

As an immediate measure, we urge universalisation of free rations, an increase in feeding centres, and at least Rs 7,000 per month to all the stranded. Women, and, in particular, pregnant women, are in urgent need for nutritional supplements and sanitary pads along with ration supplies. We are, otherwise, staring at an unprecedented multidimensiona...

Sanitary Pad Disposal Bags Mandatory From January 2021: Prakash Javadekar

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday March 8, 2020

Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Sunday said the Centre would make it mandatory for sanitary napkin companies to provide bio-degradable disposal bags from January next year.

Free Sanitary Napkins To Be Available On All Aqua Line Metro Stations From March 8

Noida News | Press Trust of India | Thursday March 5, 2020

Sanitary pads for women will be available free of cost across all 21 stations of the Noida-Greater Noida Metro from March 8, officials said on Thursday.

It's "Terminator" Rajapaksa Vs "Pad Man" Premadasa In Sri Lanka Polls

India News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday November 16, 2019

Sri Lanka's presidential election is a showdown between a man offering free sanitary pads and a former soldier dubbed the "Terminator" by his own family.

Sri Lanka's 'Pad Man' Faces 'Terminator' In Presidential Elections

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday November 13, 2019

Sri Lanka's presidential election on Saturday is turning out to be a showdown between a man offering free sanitary pads and a former soldier dubbed the "Terminator" by his own family.

Coimbatore Startup Comes Up With Plastic-Free Sanitary Pads

Tamil Nadu News | Written by J Sam Daniel Stalin, Edited by Swati Sharma | Thursday October 31, 2019

Two fashion technology graduates from Coimbatore claim their plastic-free sanitary pads will fully decompose in eight months against the conventional plastic-mixed pads which could take upto 800 years.

Free Pads To Tackle "Period-Shame" School Skipping In Bangladesh

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday September 23, 2019

Girls in rural villages will get free sanitary pads to stop them skipping school during their periods as a result of social taboos around menstruation, a Bangladesh minister said Monday.

"Where Are The Women," Asks Twitter As 'Manel' Launches Re 1 Sanitary Pad

India News | Edited by Shylaja Varma | Thursday August 29, 2019

When the government announced on Tuesday that the price of sanitary napkins sold at its Jan Aushadhi pharmacies has been slashed to Re. 1, it was a 'manel' that relaunched the flagship product. Many people pointed out the absence of women on stage at the VIP event in Delhi.

Sanitary Pad Vending Machine Installed At Government Hospital In Chennai

Tamil Nadu News | ANI | Wednesday May 29, 2019

On the occasion of the Menstrual Hygiene Day 2019, a sanitary napkin vending machine was installed at the Tamil Nadu Government Multi Super Specialty Hospital here on Tuesday.

On Menstrual Hygiene Day, 7 Period Picks Which Aren't Your Ordinary Sanitary Pads

Dayle Pereira | Tuesday May 28, 2019

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Punjab Students Allegedly Made To Strip In Hostel Over A Sanitary Pad

Cities | Edited By Swati Bhasin (with inputs from ANI) | Wednesday May 1, 2019

Four employees, including two hostel wardens, at the Akal University in Bathinda in Punjab have been terminated amid protests at the university after girls in one of the hostels on the campus were allegedly asked to strip by a warden.